Solis – A Multicultural Mental Health Professional and Peer Community
A capacity-building, support & resource network for culture-oriented, multicultural mental health advocates & practitioners.
Solis is a community of practice that brings together a group of interdisciplinary multicultural mental health advocates and professionals – who occupy positions “both inside and outside the community.”
As the Professional and Peer arm of the Australia Institute for Diversity in Mental Health (AIDMH), Solis focuses on supporting the specific practice, professional development and uplifting of multicultural mental health practitioners and advocates, and their work, which in turn feeds back into our outward facing work and the mental health sector.
By creating an intentional, safe and supported avenue that allows for transparent conversation and understanding, Solis contributes to the aims of AIDMH in various ways including in starting to reduce the silos (Ie. the opposite of Solis!) and work toward a more efficient and meaningful use of limited resources.
In particular, Solis focuses on creating opportunities for capacity-building, as well as emotional and practical support for multicultural practitioners to continue contributing meaningfully and sustainably within the broader mental health sector.
Our Relationships & Networks.
- Over 90 practitioners, advocates, researchers and professionals from many multicultural backgrounds,
- Numerous grass roots and established social enterprises, not-for-profit, for-purpose and private organisations and movements,
- Local, regional and national representation on boards, committees and advisory groups,
- As well as representation throughout the State, Federal, public and private mental health sectors.
Additional available supports and resources.
Solis Terms of Reference
A Terms of Reference for our collective, which houses:
- Who we are, and broader context
- Our role & purpose
- Our guiding principles
- Our structure & membership
- Various resources & references
The Solis Toolkit
The Culture x MH Toolkit is a collection and directory of various mediums (including organisations, websites, online & in-person services and resources, Instagram pages, podcasts) related to living, being, and working in the multicultural mental health space – toward increased cultural responsiveness.
Other things the Solis Community do.
The Think Tank
We run a monthly Think Tank for culture-oriented multicultural mental health professionals, practitioners and advocates – to provide sectoral support and share learnings.
Dumplings Against Depression
Our annual ‘Dumplings Against Depression’ event is a community-based stigma reduction campaign geared toward normalising the conversation around mental health.
