Eating disorder resources for the BIPoC community

BIPoC Resources (for the Community)

• BlackLine: 1 (800) 604-5841 (call/text)
• Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective (BEAM)
• Alkeme Health
• BBHBDT
• Black Men Heal
• Black Mental Health Alliance
• National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network (NQTTCN)
• Therapy For Black Kids

Articles

• Eating Disorders in the Black Community Are More Common Than You Think
• Black folks battle eating disorders, too
• Body Liberation Just Hits Different
• Is It Veganism or Is It Orthorexia? When “Eating Healthy” Is Harmful
• Food Is Not The Enemy: Alishia McCullough Shares Why Fat phobia, And Not Food, Is The Problem We Should Be Addressing

Support Groups

• Sage and Spoon for Black Folks
• Renfrew Center BIPoC ED Support Group
• The Eating Disorder Harm Reduction Community Circle 
• Heartspace: A monthly, online and in-person healing circle and emotional skills building space for Black folks looking to learn and grow in their own healing‍
• Safe Black Space: Community healing circles

Blogs

• Eating Disorders in the BIPoC Community (Within Health)
• Black & Embodied 
• The Steve Fund Knowledge Center (for young PoC)
• Mocha Health & Wellness by Dr. Valerie Robinson

Books

• You Are Your Own Best Thing by Tarana Burke & Brenee Brown
• The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health by Rheeda Walker, PhD
• The Body is not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor 
• What we don't talk about when we talk about Fat by Aubrey Gordon 
• Health at Every Size by Lindo Bacon 
• Anti-Diet by Christy Harrison 
• Fearing the Black Body by Sabrina Strings 
• All About Love by Bell Hooks
• Blossoming by Alishia Renee' McCullough, MS, LMHC 
• Reclaiming the Black Body by Alishia Renee' McCullough, MS, LMHC (coming January 14th 2025)
• Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
• How to Be an Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
• So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
• White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo, PhD
• Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
• Feminist Theory by bell hooks
• Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
• Biased by Jennifer L. Eberhardt

Shows and Podcasts

• High on the Hog (Docu Series on Netflix)
• Juneteenth: Faith & Freedom (A Documentary from ‪@ourdailybread‬ Voices Collection, available on YouTube)
• Maintenance Phase (podcast)
• Food Psych (podcast)
• Therapy for Black Girls with Joy Harden Bradfords (podcast)
• Black Healing Remixed (podcast)

Webinars

• Injected Fatphobia in Black Communities: Dismantling and reclaiming our relationship with food and body image‍
• What is Juneteenth, and why is it important?: TED-Ed hosted by Karlos K. Hill and Soraya Field Fiorio‍
• Reimagining Mental Health Discourse Among African Americans: TEDx hosted by Shaun J. Fletcher, PhD | TEDxSJSU 

Social Media

• Dr. Kera Nyemb-Diop, @black.nutritionist (Nutritionist)
  - Website‍
• Leslie, @eatfree.livefierce (ED/ Body Image Coach)  
• Nedra Glover Tawwab, @nedratawwab (Therapist, Author)
• Alishia McCullough, @blackandembodied (MS, LMHC)
  - Website

Locating MH Providers

• Clinicians of Color
• Therapy For Black Girls
  - Mental health blog
  - BIPoC provider search
  - Podcast‍
• ‍Therapy That Liberates‍
• Inclusive Therapists‍
• Therapy For Black Men‍
• BPOQe ​​- Black People of Queer Experience (Texas providers)‍
• Black Mental Health Alliance

Resources for Practitioners 

• Cultural Competency Continuing Education and Resources
• Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective (BEAM) Trainings
• Kindred Wellness
• Decolonizing Therapy for Black Folk
  - Hosted by Dr. Shawna Murray-Browne, LCSW-C & Randall Leonard, LCSW-C
  - Virtual learning experience
  - On-demand access to 8 pre-recorded lectures, readings, and reflective activities
  - Access personalized clinical consultation on the critical application of the Liberation-focused healing framework.‍
• Black and Embodied
  - Re-Imagining Eating Disorders (course)
  - Case consultations
  - Provider Coaching Programs‍
• BIPoC Eating Disorder Conference (Instagram)‍
• Project Implicit