Wellness Project

Our mission
To promote mental health awareness and connect people to available community resources in order to improve the mental well being  of our community.

Our goals
  • To get people talking about mental health and promote recovery and healthy community.
  • To develop a clear steps for our community members to address their mental health needs.
  • To normalize combining spiritual healing and  modern treatment approach.
  • To provide safe and supportive environment to those who struggle with mental health and addiction.

Our plans
  • Increase access to community resources in different languages.
  • Provide onsite resources to individuals
  • Provide monthly seminars to educate community about mental illness/substance use.
  • Available mental health professionals for consultation and connection to services

Why do we think this is important and needed?
  • Understand mental illness as health malady, promoting disease model of depression
  • Promoting mental health versus mental illnesses
  • Imam validating mental health struggles, being as important as physical illness. Imam can also speak to religion's view on mental illness and seeking treatment.
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Discussion:
  • Initiate a community dialogue, Open it for individuals to ask questions or explore resources.

Mental Health Providers in the community

Amna Rashid LLP, CAADC
Mental Health Therapist
4572 S. Hagadorn Rd. Ste 1C
East Lansing MI 48823
517-481-2133 
[email protected]
English, Urdu & Punjabi
Farha Abbasi MD
Department of Psychiatry
East Fee Hall
965 Fee Rd, Suite A236
East Lansing, MI 48824
(517) 353-5372, 
[email protected]
English & Urdu
Ikram Adawe LMSW, CAADC
Mental Health Therapist
4572 S. Hagadorn Rd.  Ste 1C
East Lansing MI 48823
517-481-2133  
[email protected]
English, Somali & Arabic
Zulfiqar Ahmed MD, MPH
Healthy Mind Psychiatric Services
390 Woodlake Dr. Ste 380,
 Okemos, MI 48864
(517) 333-7113
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​English & Urdu

Useful Links:

Guide for Public Health Actions for Immigrant Rights