from Oakland Voices

Native American Mental Health More Than A Dream

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Monday, October 29, 2012

By Sabirah Mustafa - Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes asked the question,”what happens to a dream deferred?” “Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?,” goes his famous poem Harlem, “or does it explode?” The dream of quality mental health care for many under served groups, including Native Americans, has been deferred too long.