It's Minority Mental Health Awareness Month!!

On June 2, 2008, July was named Bebe Moore Minority Mental Health Awareness Month!

National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month is observed to bring awareness to the unique struggles that racial and ethnic minority communities face regarding mental illness in the United States.

Join Kiki & Ki as they dive into the reasons why Minority Mental Health Awareness is important, the cultural stigmas around mental health, and provide resources to help us take steps to take care of our mental health.

Key Timestamps:

1:11 Weekly Check In

1:47 Recap of Last Week’s Episode

3:06 Ratings!!!!

4:55 Self Care Accountabilty

8:53 For the Culture:

14:04 It's Minority Mental Health Awareness Month!!!

15:14 A Brief History of Minority Mental Health Awareness Month

16:20 A Little Bit about Bebe Moore-Campbell, her work in mental health awareness, accomplishments, and her legacy.

17:26 This year's theme for Minority Mental Health Awareness Month is.....

18:57  Why is this mental health awareness needed for minorities?

25:48 Let's Talk About Cultural Stigma

30:59 Access to Quality Care

44:34 BIPOC symptoms are often ignored by doctors.

51:31 Its important to have awareness of mind and body

55:28 Resources

1:01:51 Share the podcast!!

1:03:30 Where to find us

1:05:18 Our Upcoming Classes

1:07:15 Self Care for next Week

Take Care Sis!!!

Source Articles:

U.S. Departmentof Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health:  "National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month'"

https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/minority-mental-health/resources/

Mental Health America:  "July Is Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month"

https://www.mhanational.org/BIPOC-mental-health-month

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