Free products and resources from Boston Glass Community’s table at the BIPOC Wellness Fair on Feb 16. 2022. (Photo by Taylor Donnelly/BU News Service)
By Taylor Donnelly Boston University News Service
Back in February, several clubs and student groups at Boston University hosted a first-ever “BIPOC Wellness Fair,” an event focused on highlighting Boston organizations that provide mental and sexual health resources and are aimed at Black, indigenous and people of color as well as queer communities.
The event, held at the Howard Thurman Center, was hosted by BU clubs such as Queer Activist Collective, BIPOC Mental Health Collective, and the BU Student Government Mental Health Committee.
BU News Service contributor Taylor Donnelly was there on Feb. 16, and got a chance to snap some photos and speak with attendees and more.
“We are an urban Indian health program, funded through the government, that provides mental health counselors, art therapy, and culture appropriation prevention work,” said Warren Griffin Jr., Yup’ik tribe member, and Community Health Worker at Native American LifeLines, Inc. at the BIPOC Wellness Fair on Feb 16. 2022. (Photo by Taylor Donnelly/BU News Service)“MAC is one of the only black and brown led HIV and AIDS prevention organizations,” said Omar Martinez González, Program Coordinator at the Multicultural AIDS Coalition, Inc., (MAC) on Feb 16. 2022. (Photo by Taylor Donnelly/BU News Service)Free products and resources from Boston Glass Community’s table at the BIPOC Wellness Fair on Feb 16. 2022. (Photo by Taylor Donnelly/BU News Service)Sabi Liu and Shre, BU students and members of the Queer Activist Collective on Feb 16. 2022. (Photo by Taylor Donnelly/BU News Service)“The BU Center for Psych Rehab is a program run through Sargent for mental health, this is a new program for students in the Boston area,” said Tim Hanley, a student at Emmanuel College with Michael Chieppo, a UMASS Lowell student on Feb 16. 2022. (Photo by Taylor Donnelly/BU News Service)Sexual health products at the Victory Programs table at the BIPOC Wellness Fair on Feb 16. 2022. (Photo by Taylor Donnelly/BU News Service)Luwei Quan, peer and program coordinator at MAP for Health, at the BIPOC Wellness Fair on Feb 16. 2022. (Photo by Taylor Donnelly/BU News Service)BIPOC Wellness Fair on Feb 16. 2022. (Photo by Taylor Donnelly/BU News Service)“We focus on hands-on trauma-informed self defense training, where students train in realistic scenarios where students train with verbal and physical skills,” said Adriana Li, program coordinator and instructor at IMPACT Boston on Feb 16. 2022. (Photo by Taylor Donnelly/BU News Service)Dani Torres, Boston University student and Sexual Assault Response & Prevention (SARP) embassador on Feb 16. 2022. (Photo by Taylor Donnelly/BU News Service)
