Dr. DeLapp Offers Strategies for Navigating Racial Stress, protecting your peace, and finding strength in community

As attacks on diversity and inclusion escalate, Epicenter NYC asked Dr. Ryan C.T. DeLapp how to stay calm and strong right now. They discuss common mental health challenges that tend to come up when people feel targeted by harmful policies or systems and some safe, meaningful ways to take social action without burning out or putting yourself in harm’s way. Dr. DeLapp encourages us not to go at it alone. Look around your community—are there groups or people doing work you believe in? Partnering with others can help turn that strength into action.