Formerly known as Bebe Moore Campbell Minority Mental Health Month, July is Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) Mental Health Awareness Month. Join us in honoring the memory of Bebe Moore Campbell, an American author, journalist, teacher, and mental health advocate who worked to shed light on the mental health needs of the Black community and other underrepresented communities. 

 

July is designated as a month to explore the unique strengths and challenges that BIPOC individuals face related to mental health and to amplify culturally competent support resources. This month my newsletter will help you to build a mental health self-care toolkit. Check your inbox weekly for simple but nourishing practices that support your mental wellness. 

 

Bebe Moore Campbell sought to highlight and change the systemic and structural deficits of the mental health system that prevented care for people living with mental health conditions.

 

She, along with a group of dynamic mothers founded National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Inglewood, now NAMI Urban Los Angeles in a predominantly Black and brown neighborhood to support and advocate for radical change to the LA county system of mental health care, inspiring a national movement to erase the stigma and support parity between mental and physical health and diagnosis.

 

Her life as an author narrated her journey as an advocate and pioneer for racial justice. On June 2, 2008, Congress formally recognized Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month to bring awareness to the unique struggles that underrepresented groups face regarding mental illness in the United States.

 

 

 

 

 

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