Black Joy as an Act of Resistance

Dr. Charmain Jackman (she/her) is an award-winning psychologist with 25+ years in the mental health field. Dr. Jackman made the leap from a 9-5 position in education to the start-up founder life in 2021. She is the founder and CEO of InnoPsych, Inc., a mental health tech company on a mission to disrupt racial inequities in mental health and to promote healing and thriving in communities of color. InnoPsych offers an online platform that connects people of color to therapists of color and provides programming on topics such as racial trauma, burnout, mental health stigma, and employee emotional wellbeing. Dr. Jackman has been instrumental in helping leaders cultivate emotionally safe work cultures that foster thriving organizations and people. She is deeply invested in sharing tools that foster healing and thriving and is the creator of the My Time To Thrive card deck, an interactive tool that reduces stress and fosters healthy coping patterns. Dr. Jackman has won several awards for her impactful work including the Boston Business Journal’s 2022 Power 50 Movement Makers, 2021 American Psychological Association’s (APA) Citizen Psychologist Award, and City of Boston’s 2021 Innovator of The Year award. Dr. Jackman is a sought-after thought leader who has been featured on national media outlets such as the New York Times, NPR, PBS, Oprah Daily, Black Enterprise, and the Boston Globe.