The Safe Place App

Jasmin Pierre has been highly instrumental in bringing a unique range of cultural awareness, Diversity and Inclusion to mental health education. Due to serious racial disparities in the Black community, she made it a mission to create The Safe Place -- a culturally competent mental health app for the Black community, which is available on Android and iOS. If you're looking for a raw, authentic, and energetic speaker, who uses her personal and cultural experiences with mental health to bring your organization unforgettable knowledge with a different perspective, you've clicked on the right website.

As a Black woman, Jasmin has faced racial disparities in childhood and adult life by the hands of the mental healthcare system. Jasmin's raw and authentic presentations on her personal experiences with mental health and growing up having a lack of access to mental health resources -- help her to bring meaningful conversations and much needed education, on the differences in Black mental health and the racial disparities it can cause.

The mission of Jasmin's company, The Safe Place app, is to bring more cultural competency to the mental health field.

Society has long ignored the cultural differences of mental health in minority based populations. Jasmin gives a dynamic perspective on how systemic racism towards the Black community has caused racial trauma throughout history.

She explores historical subjects such as slavery, lynching, Jim Crow Laws, Police brutality, discrimination in the work place, racial profiling, hair discrimination, colorisim, etc.

Jasmin Pierre's Background

Originally from New Orleans, La, Jasmin moved to Louisville, KY with her mom and brother at the age of six, after her parents separated, and eventually filed for divorce.

While Jasmin's entire upbringing wasn't terrible, when she moved away from her dad, Jasmin's brother started to molest her. At the age of seven, she told her brother's counselor that he had been doing inappropriate things to her at home, but nothing was reported by the counselor.

Jasmin endured severe emotional and physiological abuse from both her brother and mother, throughout her childhood and teenage years. She decided to move away from Louisville KY, at age 18, to be with her father. While her dad was loving and supportive, the years of molestation, and family abuse from her mom and brother, lead Jasmin to battling major depressive disorder, anxiety, Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), addiction, and anger issues.

As a young adult still living with her father, Jasmin went to college, held down a part time job, while she still secretly battled her mental health in severe ways. Her mental and physical health started to decline at age 25, after a severe overdose that left her in the hospital for a week.

Her father helped as much as he could, but neither he, nor Jasmin were really ever seriously educated about mental health; it's seen as a taboo in the Black community. We are told to pray everything away. The lack of mental health knowledge and support, lead Jasmin to having multiple suicide attempts throughout her adult life. Eventually, Jasmin came to terms with her mental health struggles, became a mental health advocate, and developed, The Safe Place app.

Speaking Engagements

Curious to see if you're a great fit to have Jasmin come speak for you? Check the list below. Jasmin will customize a captivating speech to fit your organization's needs.

1.Understanding Racial Disparities In The Mental Health System

Time: 60 mins

Learning Objectives

• Healthcare Professionals: Would your hospital or clinic like more education on the impact that racial disparities can have on the mental health of Black Americans? (e.g.: Black women dying at higher rates during childbirth, Black patients being denied pain medication because of discrimination, less access to healthcare resources, etc.).

•Learn more about the history of racial disparities in mental healthcare.

Example: "Drapetomania was a conjectural mental illness that, in 1851, American physician Samuel A. Cartwright hypothesized as the cause of enslaved Africans fleeing captivity."

•How does systemic racism in healthcare impact Black Mental health today?

•Jasmin has faced racial disparities due to her mental health since childhood. She will be willing to share her personal experiences while also giving you invaluable information and resources on Black mental health.

2. Diversifying Mental Health On Campus

Time: 60 mins

Learning Objectives:

•Universities: Student Activity Directors, are you wanting to help bring more diversity and inclusion to your school’s health and wellness programs?

• Do your wellness programs need more knowledge on the cultural differences of Black mental health?

•Jasmin is a College graduate (Medical Assistant) who remembers a lot of the stress and pressure of being a student. This can be a bit more stressful when diversity and inclusion is not really present on campus. She will discuss the importance of this with your students and staff.

•Let Jasmin help bring more assurance to the mental health and safety of your Black students.

3.Coping With Racial Trauma In Corporate

Time: 60 mins

Learning Objectives

•Fortune 500 Companies, are you struggling with prioritizing diversity and inclusion in the mental health of your employees?

• Has a Black co-worker made a formal complaint about someone touching their hair, or hearing someone make racial remarks about them at the office?

• Jasmin will come in and educate your staff on the importance of cultural sensitivity, inappropriate racial remarks that shouldn't be made in the office, and how this impacts mental health.

• Jasmin will provide your team with culturally competent mental health resources.

•Self Care practices in the office.

4. Social Justice And Burnout

Time: 60 mins

Learning Objectives

•Social Justice Organizations: Do you need more education on how to support each other through racial trauma, unlawful imprisonment, or racial injustices?

•Are your staff feeling burnt out from constantly being on the front lines fighting white supremacy and racial injustices?

•Let Jasmin come talk to your staff; let her give you information on how to de-stress during long hours on the front lines, helpful mental health resources, etc.

5. Incarceration And Mental Health Disparities

Time: 60 mins

Learning Objectives

• Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Programs: Do your inmates need more diversity and inclusion for mental health? (E.g.: wrongful Imprisonment of a Black man or woman, Police brutality against a Black man or woman.)

• Racism in law enforcement: How does it impact the care of minorities in a mental health crisis?

• Jasmin can come in to bring educational mental health resources on these issues.

6. For Our Youth

Time 60 mins:

Learning Objectives

• Grades Schools K-12: Do you need more diversity and inclusion at your school?

• Has there been a racist act of bullying against Black students, a teacher saying a racist remark, or any other inappropriate racist behavior towards Black students or teachers on school property?

• Jasmin will come in to speak about the importance of cultural sensitivity, diversity, and mental health to your students and staff.

SPECIAL BONUS:

7. Meditate With The Safe Place

Time :45 mins

Culturally Competent Meditation Sessions:

• Are you experiencing burnout?

• Does your organization need to de-stress from racism or racial trauma?

•Jasmin created a meditation album specifically for Black mental health. If you're interested in a peaceful, cultural, and unique mediation session for your organization, book us today.

•Breathing techniques and mental health resources included in session.

If you're looking for a genuine speaker who has the knowledge and personal experience to back up the topic at hand, we're confident that you've come to the right place. Not only does Jasmin have co-occurring mental health disorders, she's been mistreated in the mental healthcare system since childhood. This means that Jasmin has real stories to back up the statistics she'll be speaking on in regards to Black mental health. Being a Black woman in this country, Jasmin has faced her share of racial discrimination throughout her life. She personally knows how it made her feel mentally in those moments. Our target audience is those who are eager to get a speaker who has experienced much of what she's speaking on, which makes her an invaluable asset.

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