Veron Blue, founder and executive director of Faith & Community Wellness Centers, Inc., is a pastor, mental health coach, and advocate whose passion is to connect faith leaders to the transformative power of mental health treatment and support. Her work involves equipping faith-based communities of color to educate their congregations and communities by removing the stigma, shame, and silence associated with mental illness. After training as a mental health coach, Blue experienced the transformative effect of mental health knowledge; transformed people transform their families, churches, and communities. Blue is the lead of Rapha Mental Health Ministries, a group of nine churches that have banded together to educate Northeast San Antonio to provide a safe place for healing and restoration for families dealing with mental health challenges.
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