After Reaching 250 Women in May, Black Mental Wellness Alliance Lays Out Its Work
EEW Magazine Online is published by Empowering Everyday Women Ministries, Inc. This story covers the ministry's own work.
The American Alliance for Black Mental Wellness has released a new organizational overview laying out its plan to reduce stigma and widen access to mental health care in Black communities, five months after its Mental Health Awareness Month events reached more than 250 women.
The Alliance, an initiative of Empowering Everyday Women Ministries, Inc., was co-founded by Dianna Hobbs, its president and CEO, and her husband, Kenya Hobbs, its chief operating officer. The overview is available for download on the Alliance's website.
Its work centers on four areas: education and awareness, access and equity, culturally responsive resources, and partnerships with mental health professionals, faith communities, educators and businesses.
"We have seen firsthand the pain mental health challenges can bring to individuals and families," the co-founders wrote in a message on the Alliance's website. "Our hope is that no one has to walk this journey alone."
The need shows up in federal data. Among non-Hispanic Black adults with any mental illness, 40.5% received mental health treatment in 2025, compared with 50.9% of all U.S. adults with a mental illness, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's 2025 National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
The Alliance names stigma, cost, limited provider availability and a lack of culturally sensitive care as the barriers it is working against.
In May, it held four Mental Health Awareness Month events that drew more than 250 women. EEW Magazine covered those gatherings at the time.
Dianna and Kenya Hobbs are co-founders of the alliance.
Dianna Hobbs brings her own experience to the work. Her Alliance biography describes a 2019 reaction to medication that caused more than two dozen seizures, a mini-stroke and a traumatic brain injury, with lasting effects that include challenges with memory and mental health. The biography says those experiences deepened her understanding of the barriers Black families face in seeking care.
The Alliance provides education and community resources and says its work does not replace professional medical, psychological or psychiatric care. Anyone in crisis can call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
Individuals, churches and organizations interested in partnering can reach the Alliance through its contact page.
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