Rachel Bromberg Explained

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^[1] and is completing a dual degree in law and social work^[2] at the University of Toronto.^[3]

Career and advocacy

Bromberg worked at youth mental health organization Stella's Place,^[4] 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.^[5]

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.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Graduated Fellows . 2022-03-28 . medicine.yale.edu . en.
2. Web site: Rachel Bromberg . National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy.
3. Web site: Blurring the Blue Line University of Toronto Magazine . 2022-03-28 . University of Toronto Magazine . en-US.
4. News: Gillis . Wendy . 2020-08-03 . These mental health advocates are working on an alternative to police intervention when someone is in crisis. . en-CA . The Toronto Star . 2022-03-28 . 0319-0781.
5. News: Kivanç . Jake . 10 Feb 2021 . North American Cities Are Replacing Cops With Civilians And It's Working . Vice .
6. Web site: Ontario Peer Development Initiative OPDI Peer Support, Consumer Survivor Mental Health Support Network . 2022-03-28 . www.opdi.org.