Social and Racial Justice Values in Action
- Evolving with Systems of Oppressions, February 3rd, 2023
- PRIDE Interview, July 6th, 2022
- Juneteenth: A Celebration Freedom from Slavery, June 19th, 2022
- Public Safety and the Dane County Jail: A Recap, March 8th, 2022
- Chrysalis Vocational Peer Specialists Share Their Stories – Reducing Stigma, March 11th, 2021
- Black History Month: Centering Black Mental Health, A Q&A with Tara Wilhelmi, February 25th, 2021
- Centering Justice and Lived Experience as an Anti-Racist Framework: The Role of Certified Peer Specialists in Behavioral Health Reform, February 5th, 2021
- Racism in the Workplace, November 17th, 2020
- Dane County Peer Support Leaders Reflect on this Moment, Racism in Mental Health Services, June 26th, 2020
- Work and Pride, June 24th, 2020
- Why I don’t feel safe wearing a face mask, June 8th, 2020
- Chrysalis Statement on Anti-Racism, June 5th, 2020
- Navigating a Racial and Global Pandemic, March 26th, 2020
Change Team
The Chrysalis Change Team is a multiracial, intercultural, cross-role committee embedded in the organization with the vision of continually moving Chrysalis forward in living its mission fully, both internally and externally, by creating and disseminating:
- models for equitable relationships
- safe spaces for disagreement and consensus
- recognition of a dominant culture and power dynamics, as well as
- inclusionary practices
Equity Statement
Chrysalis is dedicated to providing inclusionary practices that promote systemic and personal transformation within our organization and the larger community. Chrysalis acknowledges that the people we serve experience systemic barriers when it comes to income, education, mental health treatment, unemployment, and incarceration. All of these barriers are a result of and contribute to inequity, unearned privilege, and unequal access to opportunities in our community. Chrysalis recognizes that such systems are white-centered, patriarchal, heteronormative, and that we all have individual biases that are informed by these systems.
Chrysalis Advisory Committee
The Chrysalis Advisory Committee (CAC) started in 2018 to give Chrysalis service participants the opportunity to provide valuable input to help guide their services, the agency, and the mental health system. In addition to providing feedback, CAC members also gain work and leadership skills, confidence, purpose, and community.
CAC members participate in monthly meetings and are compensated for their time. CAC members sit on agency committees to further support efforts to decrease the stigma of mental illness and bring our community together.