The Hernando DeSoto and Big River Crossing bridges will be lit purple Monday, July 19th, for TN Voices in honor of July being Minority Mental Health Awareness Month.
Officially recognized in June 2008, Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month (also called BIPOC Mental Health Month) was created to bring awareness to the struggles that underrepresented groups face in regard to mental illness in the U.S.
The theme of the 2021 BIPOC Mental Health Month is “Strength in Communities,” with a focus on alternative mental health supports. “Our 2021 toolkit will examine community-developed systems of support created to fill in gaps within traditional systems that may overlook cultural and historical factors that impede BIPOC and QTBIPOC mental health,” states Mental Health America on its website.
More information about TN Voices can be found at tnvoices.org.