We observe National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month each July to bring awareness to the unique struggles that racial and ethnic minority communities face regarding mental illness in the United States. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health encourages state, tribal, and local leaders, community-based organizations, faith leaders, healthcare providers and individuals to educate their communities regarding mental health stigma. According to data from the CDC, suicide was the third leading cause of death for African Americans ages 10-24 in 2020. The suicide rate is four times greater for African American men than women. African American females in grades 9-12 were 60% more likely to attempt suicide than white females.
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2023 NNPA National Convention
Staff Welcomes The NNPA to Nashville Music City
The late Civil Rights Icon and congressman John Lewis will be honored with a Forever stamp by the U.S. Postal Service, CBS News reports.
Thousands of people from across the country will be standing up for democracy this Independence Day weekend during the We The People National March (WTPMarch.org) on Sunday, July 2nd at 9 a.m. (EST) at Esplanade Park in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
From Frederick Douglas’ The North Star to Ida B. Wells’ The Memphis Free Press and all subsequent members of the Black press, the plight of African – Americans was chronicled and a beacon of hope was provided through the journalistic efforts and trials of the country’s heroic Black Press. I cannot begin to capture the countless ways that the Black Press acted as the vanguard and the persistent battering ram against forces of oppression in this country. What I would like to do is to act as an eyewitness to the enormous contribution that NNPA member papers made during the last thirty years where I had a bird’s eye view of their reporting.
Calling the state’s policy “invidious discrimination” against transgender people, a federal judge ruled that Florida’s prohibition against Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy is unconstitutional.
We are calling on all villages to assist in this clarion call to address the weakening of this country in its respect for the power of diversity. Calling every grass roots organization, each Temple, Lodge, Church, Mosque, the Divine Nine and their youth groups out to support this event. Not only will there be voter education as well as voter registration with the giving away of banned books, different community organizations will have information available to include health related screenings testing and other services as well as FREE FOOD and entertainment.
he We The People National March (WTPMarch.org) has added more than 15 new partner organizations, including PFLAG, Moms Demand Action, Georgia Equality, GLAAD, and Florida Rising, and several new high-profile Ambassadors, including Bootsy Collins, Gia Gunn, and Gabriella Rodriguez, who will convene at Esplanade Park in Fort Lauderdale at 9 a.m. on Sunday, July 2 to march together in solidarity against hate-filled legislation sweeping the nation.
The incident involved a raid on the home of Anjanette Young, a Black woman who was wrongfully handcuffed while naked after police officers were sent to the incorrect address.