Weanne Estrada
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 15 Jul
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So it's kind of translating mental health language into that.
And then one of the things we also do is, again, I've alluded to this before, is making sure that we engage with trusted community actors.
This could be religious leaders, they could be teachers, community health workers, because then if trusted individuals model supportive language and then they can encourage help seeking, that can shift attitudes much more effectively than outside messaging alone.
And so we engage these trusted community leaders to speak openly about mental health.
And then we also really tap people with lived experience.
When people hear stories that are responsibly and respectfully shared related to mental health, stigma often decreases.
And so we also just normalize these conversations.
We deliver support in a group setting, like in a parenting group, youth group or community activity.
It becomes normalized.
We tell people that whatever they're experiencing, their stress, their responses to these abnormal experiences, they are normal and they're safe to talk about.
And that's how we address self-stigma and maybe distress in the system as well.
Let me think about that for a second.
What gives me hope?
I think I briefly spoke about it.
I think it's the shift that I'm starting to see in how people understand mental health.
Again, for a long time, it's been treated as something secondary, something you address after everything else.
But more and more, I'm seeing people recognize that mental health is foundational and it's not separate from things like education, livelihoods or recovery.
And it allows all of those things to work.
And so when I see that shift from mental health being seen as an afterthought to now being seen as a multiplier to all these different interventions, to all these different approaches, it makes me feel hopeful because it means that we're starting to understand people more holistically, not just in terms of what they need, but in terms of what helps them move forward.
What keeps me awake at night, what really disheartens me sometimes is how people view refugees and a lot of these people that we serve.
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