Accessible Healing: A Conversation with Liz Read

About this episode

Nichole interviews Liz Read about The Renewal Project and its mission to eliminate financial barriers to mental health treatment in Alabama.

In this episode, Nichole sits down with Liz Read to discuss The Renewal Project, a new nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating financial barriers to mental and behavioral health treatment for Alabama residents. Liz shares her journey to becoming the Executive Director, including her past experience leading Clearlee, a startup focused on creating new and innovative approaches to drug testing that were both dignified and encouraged accountability. They also talk about The Renewal Projec...

People in this episode

Host: Nichole

Guest: Liz Read

Topics covered

• mental health
• nonprofit organizations
• financial barriers
• behavioral health
• drug testing
• accountability

Keywords

• mental health
• nonprofit
• financial barriers
• behavioral health
• drug testing
• accountability
• Alabama

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Renewal Project, Clearlee

Places: Alabama

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