Mental Health America (MHA) has released their BIPOC Mental Health Month Toolkit developed in observance of Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month at
www.mhanational.org/july. This year's theme is Strength in Communities, which will be highlighting alternative mental health supports created by BIPOC and queer and trans BIPOC (QTBIPOC), for BIPOC and QTBIPOC. The 2021 toolkit examines community-developed systems of support created to fill in gaps within traditional systems that may overlook cultural and historical factors which impede BIPOC and QTBIPOC mental health. It explores three topic areas: community care, self-directed care, and cultural care and why these types of care are valid and valuable choices people can make for their mental health.
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Adam Lustig
Director, Center for Safe Schools
National School Boards Association
Alexandria, VA
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