Diversity & Equity Newsletter

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According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make healthy choices. A person's mental health is just as important as their physical health.

For some people self care could include:

• Meditating
• Attending regular social events
• Exercising
• Keeping a regular sleep schedule
• Journaling
• Taking a bubble bath
• Making art
• Practice mindfulness
• Going for a hike or spending time outdoors
• Reading
• Taking some time alone
• Take a social media break
• Working on a hobby

Raising awareness about mental health reduces the stigma and discrimination often experienced by people who struggle with their mental health. Stigma is negative ideas surrounding a topic or state of being. By raising awareness and reducing the negative ideas around needing help with our mental health, it makes it easier to ask for help when we need it. Raising awareness can also help to create an environment of acceptance for those who may need more assistance or attention paid to their emotional needs.

Some ways to help spread awareness include:

• Lighting up your social media or business with green to symbolize mental health
• Talking about mental health conditions, emotions, stress, self care, etc with your community
• Sharing your own experiences or knowledge about mental health

May is a very busy month for health-related awareness. These observances include:

• Allergy/Asthma Awareness Month
• ALS Awareness Month
• Arthritis Month
• Better Hearing and Speech Month
• Borderline Personality Disorder Month
• Celiac Disease Awareness Month
• Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
• Ehlers-Danlos Awareness Month
• Fibromyalgia Education and Awareness Month
• Healthy Vision Month
• Hepatitis Awareness Month
• High Blood Pressure Education Month
• Huntington’s Disease Awareness Month
• Lupus Awareness Month
• Lyme Disease Awareness Month
• Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month
• Mental Health Awareness Month
• Multiple Chemical Sensitivities Awareness Month
• Neurofibromatosis Month
• Older Americans Month
• Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
• Stroke Awareness Month
• Vasculitis Awareness Month

Please take some time to learn about some of these health conditions or concerns and how we can all help out through awareness and support!

• AAPI Heritage Month
• AAPI Heritage Month - WhiteHouse.gov
• AANHPI Heritage Month - PBS
• Ways to Celebrate AAPI Month - goodgoodgood.co
• Jewish American Heritage Month
• Jewish American Heritage Month - WhiteHouse.gov
• Older American's Month - WhiteHouse.gov
• Mental Health Awareness Month - WhiteHouse.gov

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