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Walking Together 2024
Caminando Juntos is a program funded by Dr. Ileana Ponce-Gonzalez through Perigee Foundation in 2022 , designed to address the urgent need for peer support groups among migrant and refugee families who lack access to healthcare. The program focuses on preventing and treating perinatal depression, ensuring that families receive the emotional and social support they need during this critical time.
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This program reduces disparities among Latinx-underserved families experiencing Perinatal depression is completely free in the language that our population speak and does not required transportation.
We are taking care of people who are ignored by the structural barriers imposed by a system that benefit the people in the power and ignore us as if we are not human being.
We are refugees and agricultural workers with mental diseases due to our journal to US and experiences of racism and discrimination. However, our families do not get mental health services and our children who are Americans the consequences. We, our community is taking care of this issues.
Testimonies from our Peer Support Groups
Videos from our Participants
An interative approach to therapy
Learning about coping strategies to manage symptoms
Increased self-esteem and mindfulness
Promote self-awareness
Decreased anxiety and fatigue
Insights into feelings and potential sources of depression