Are You Ready for National Minority Mental Health Month This July? (posted 6/17)

Help to celebrate Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month this July by raising awareness about mental health issues in minority communities.  In May 2008 the US House of Representatives proclaimed July as Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. The resolution, sponsored by Rep. Albert Wynn [D-MD] and cosponsored by a large bipartisan group, was passed in recognition that:

• Improved access to mental health treatment and services and public awareness of mental illness are of paramount importance
• An appropriate month should be recognized as Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month to enhance public awareness of mental illness and mental illness among minorities

Bebe Moore Campbell was an accomplished author, advocate, co-founder of NAMI Urban Los Angeles and national spokesperson, who passed away in November 2006.  It is in honor of her that this month was created.

To learn how you can plan activities in your community watch this webinar - Community Voices: Minority Mental Health. You will learn more about Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month in July and how people across the nation are celebrating this month and working to raise awareness about issues surrounding minority mental health.  Through presentations from NAMI Augusta, GA; NAMI Tennessee; and the National Leadership Council on African American Behavioral Health (NLC) with NAMI Urban LA you will learn how you and your organization can implement community activities to raise awareness about minority mental health.  Through dialogue with these community leaders you will hear about strategies for organizing events during this month and how to reach out to minority populations in order to have an effective National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. To watch the video click here or scroll to the bottom of this screen.

Help to raise awareness by:

• Becoming a fan of National Minority Mental Health Month on Facebook
• Tweet about activities you're planning using #BebeMoore
• Change your Facebook status to reflect National Minority Mental Health Month
• Plan an event (for ideas click here)
• Download an outreach guide from the National Alliance for Mental Illness and start raising awareness!
• Join the NNED Network in Action Forum Calls on July 7th and July 28th
• Watch last year's NNED Network in Action Forum Call: Community Voices - Minority Mental Health to learn how to conduct outreach in your community
  

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Learn what other communities have done this July by joining the next NNED Network in Action Forum Call: Celebrating Mental Health in Diverse Communities

Wednesday, July 7, 2010 3:00-4:30 p.m. ET
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 3:00-4:30 p.m. ET
 
Are you ready to celebrate Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month? The NNED, in partnership with several national organizations (see list below), is pleased to offer this two part series celebrating Minority Mental Health Awareness Month (July 2010). For more information on this important month click here.

• Part I on July 7th will focus on Latino and American Indian communities. To register click here.
• Part II on July 28th will focus on Asian American and African American communities. To register click here.

These two webinars will highlight the ways communities across the country are celebrating minority mental health in honor of Bebe Moore Campbell.  To learn about this important month and see how your community can celebrate minority mental health this year and in future years join these two webinars!

*** This webinar is offered in partnership with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Multicultural Action Center, National Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health, National Latino Behavioral Health Association, First Nations Behavioral Health Association, National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association, and the Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health. ***

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