July is BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month

BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month was formally recognized in 2008 and was originally called Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. It was established to bring awareness to the unique challenges, including cultural and systemic barriers, People of Color face with mental heath. Bebe Moore was an author and journalist who struggled to get support for her daughter's mental illness and became a fierce advocate for BIPOC communities. Below are resources for learning more as well as links for accessing mental health for BIPOC communities.

• Racial Disparities and the Lack of Access to Mental Health Care in BIPOC Comunities: Let's Talk about Therapy

• NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Site. They host a monthly BIPOC group in Seattle and other cities. Visit our Event Calendar for details.

• Bebe Moore Campbell on Wikipedia
  

• The Trevor Project's Resources for BIPOC/LGBTQ+

Links to BIPOC Mental Health Providers:

• Multicultural Counselors

• The Therapy Fund Foundation

• Interconnections Healing Center

• Asian Mental Health Collective

• Clinicians of Color Directory

• Inclusive Therapists

• Innopsych

• Institute for Muslim Health

• Latinx Therapy

• Therapy for Black Girls

• Therapy for Black Men

• Therapy for Latinx

• Therapy for Queer People of Color