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National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month
July 1, 2023 - July 31, 2023
National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month
Also known as BIPOC Mental Health Month
National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month is observed each July to bring awareness to the unique struggles that racial and ethnic minority communities face regarding mental illness in the United States.
2023 Theme: Culture, Community, And Connection
Our lives are deeply intertwined with the environments around us. Who and what we are surrounded by impacts our mental health and overall wellness. In particular, Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) populations are faced with disproportionate amounts of historical trauma and displacement that have challenged how these communities remain sustainable and continue to thrive. Despite countless attempts to take away power, erase histories, and diminish future successes, BIPOC communities continue to prosper. Culture, community, and connection are pillars that support and uplift BIPOC individuals when the dangers of oppression and systemic racism threaten the environments where BIPOC individuals live, work, play, and thrive.
Mental Health America hopes that the 2023 BIPOC Mental Health Campaign supports you in connecting with your community and in advocating for more community-led and mentally healthy spaces.
Source: https://www.mhanational.org/BIPOC-mental-health-month
Please consider supporting organizations actively raising awareness about Mental Health in the community:
🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo – DRC
Enable the Disable Action
🇨🇦 Canada
One Voice One Team
The Good Guides – Inner City Youth Mentoring
Generation Chosen
Restoration and Empowerment for Social Transition Centres
Newmarket African Caribbean Canadian Association
Afro-Canadian Positive Network of BC
Lady Ballers Camp
The Black Outreach Collective
🇬🇩 Grenada
Reach Within
🇺🇸 USA
Black Girls Smile
The Next Gen Come Up
Big Sister Little Sister – Mentoring Program
Black Health Commission
SisterReach
🇬🇧 UK
100 Black Men of London
Black Learning Achievement and Mental Health – BLAM UK