For this year’s Bebe Moore Campbell Minority Mental Health Month, we want to elevate the voices of our members from diverse communities.
“Once my loved ones accepted the diagnosis, healing began for the entire family, but it took too long. It took years… It’s not shameful to have a mental illness. Get treatment. Recovery is possible,” said Bebe Moore Campbell when she was advocating to enhance public awareness of mental illness and mental illness among minorities.
Together, we can make progress to help our underserved communities, by ending stigma and amplify voices. Here’s how you can help:
- Find out more about mental health challenges and impacts in African American communities
- Share your experience and advice with those who need the most encouragement, by answering our questions: “What would you say to someone who might feel alone and afraid to get mental health help?” and “What do you think is the biggest challenge faced by diverse communities?”
- Be sure you’re counted in the census
- Share your story in blog post or essay form
- Answer our other Community Voices questions