California Celebrates First Ever Mental Health Matters Day Statewide Activities Capture the Energy of the Growing Each Mind Matters Movement
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STATEWIDE PREVENTION AND EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMS - “NEWS TO USE” California Celebrates First Ever Mental Health Matters Day Statewide Activities Capture the Energy of the Growing Each Mind Matters Movement On May 13th, 2014, Californians came together to celebrate Cali- fornia’s first Mental Health Matters Day at the state Capitol. • An energetic rally at the State Capitol showed the growing energy of Each Mind Matters: California’s Mental Health Move- ment. • Leaders and visionaries shared ideas, tools and resources for reducing stigma and building awareness. • Attendees were empowered to bring learning opportunities back to their communities. • Mental health champions and new mental health leaders alike, shared diverse perspectives from the movement. Resource kits distributed. 1,500 1,000 Attendees rallied for mental health awareness. A New Generation of Mental Health Leaders Students from the Directing Change Student Video Contest shared with legislators their per- sonal experiences with mental health challenges and inspiration about the public service an- 74 nouncements they created during the 2014 Directing Change Legislative Breakfast. 12 Participating State Legislators: Asm. Steven Bradford (Gardena) Sen. Jim Beall (San Jose) Asm. Cheryl Brown (San Bernardi- Sen. Mark Leno (San Francisco) no) Sen. Carol Liu (Burbank) Asm. Ed Chau (Arcadia) Sen. Darrell Steinberg (Sacra- Asm. Rocky Chavez (Oceanside) mento) (pictured at right greeting Asm. Paul Fong (San Jose) students) Asm. Cristina Garcia (Bell Gar- Asm. Richard Bloom (Santa Mon- dens), and ica) Asm. Shirley Weber (San Diego). May 2014 News to Use Empowering Youth to be Change Makers The culmination of Mental Health Matters Day was the Directing Change Student Video Contest Awards Ceremony. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson and Director Bradley Buecker and Actor Max Adler from Fox’s hit series “Glee” were featured speak- ers (pictured at right with students from Analy High School in Sebastpool). submissions, students 432 representing 996 from 31 counties were received in the contest that empowers California’s youth to tackle the public health issues of suicide and stigma by producing public service announcements. View the full list of winners and their videos at www.directingchange.org. Number of times on May 13th that 248 @EachMindMatters Number of new was favorited, retweeted “likes” on the Each and mentioned Mind Matters Face- on Twitter. book page ahead of Mental Health Matters Day. 100 Each Mind Matters Celebrated Across the State The Each Mind Matters message was not only heard loudly in Sacra- mento on May 13th, 2014, it was heard statewide all month long. Nu- merous counties celebrated May is Mental Health Month and highlight- ed the growing Each Mind Matters movement by distributing materials about Mental Health Matters Day and Directing Change. Events were held in Sonoma County, ranging from trainings in Question, Persuade, Refer, to comedy 21 shows and brown bag lunches for teachers. Different ways to promote mental health aware- ness and overall well-being were highlighted by San 31 Benardino County -- one for each day in May. Events were held throughout May by Tri-City Men- tal Health Services in Pomona, as well as posting a 10 mental health tip or quote every day of the month on San Bernardino Dept. of Behav- their Facebook page. ioral Health Expo May 22, 2014 Prevention and Early Intervention programs implemented by CalMHSA are funded by counties through the voter approved Mental Health Services Act (Prop. 63). For more information about the programs described above, contact Jamie Sepulveda at [email protected]..