Rachel Bromberg is a Canadian activist for community-led response to 911 calls and the co-founder of both Reach Out Response Network and the International Mobile Services Association.
Education
Bromberg was a fellow at the Yale University Program for Recovery and Community Health and is completing a dual degree in law and social work at the University of Toronto.
Career and advocacy
Bromberg worked at youth mental health organization Stella's Place, before co-writing an op-ed with colleague Asante Haughton advocating for community-led responses to 911 calls about mental health crisis. She later co-founded Reach Out Response Network with Haughton and has worked with groups in the US who have run community responses.
She also co-founded the International Mobile Services Association where she works on community-led crises response.
She is a member of the Toronto Regional Human Services and Justice Coordinating Committee and a member of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health's Constituency Council.
Bromberg serves on the board of directors of the Ontario Peer Development Initiative.
References
- "Graduated Fellows". medicine.yale.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- ^ "Rachel Bromberg". National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy.
- ^ "Blurring the Blue Line | University of Toronto Magazine". University of Toronto Magazine. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- ^ Gillis, Wendy (2020-08-03). "These mental health advocates are working on an alternative to police intervention when someone is in crisis". The Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- Kivanç, Jake (10 Feb 2021). "North American Cities Are Replacing Cops With Civilians And It's Working". Vice.
- "Ontario Peer Development Initiative | OPDI | Peer Support, Consumer Survivor Mental Health Support Network". www.opdi.org. Retrieved 2022-03-28.