#WhyCare?

May is National Mental Health Awareness month, and the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has launched the WhyCare? campaign to help spread the word.  As NAMI states on their website, “the WhyCare? campaign is an opportunity to share the importance of mental health treatment, support and services to the millions of people, families, caregivers and loved ones affected by mental illness and a challenge to address broken systems and attitudes that present barriers to treatment and recovery.”

“Care is a simple 4-letter word, but a powerful way to change lives for people affected by mental illness.
It’s an action. It’s a feeling. It’s a gift you can give to yourselves and to each other. People feel loved when someone cares. People feel heard when someone cares. People recover when someone cares. Society changes when people care. Entire systems change when people care. For more than 40 years, NAMI has been a beacon of help and hope by providing the support, education and advocacy to ensure that all people affected by mental health conditions get the care they need and deserve. #NAMICares #WhyCare”

If you would like to participate in the WhyCare? campaign, there are many ways to get involved and demonstrate how YOU care, by sharing stories about why you care for others, how support or care from others has affected you, or what it means to have access to care by sharing through text, graphics, video or any other medium.

Download graphics, messages, Sentimoji‘s or information to support and help others. Participate in raising awareness and showing support during awareness events throughout the year or creating your own events or fundraisers.

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