#BraveDays for Mental Health Month
Celebrate #BraveDays with us!
Every May, the world unites to celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month. Not that we think mental health awareness should be limited to just one month, but it is a great opportunity to highlight the growth and progress we as a society have made in accepting the realities of mental health while also raising awareness to the barriers that still stand in our way.
May 2020 was…you know. It was rough. We were in the midst of the pandemic – grasping at straws for information, a light at the end of the tunnel, a return to normalcy. Mental health was on our minds, but taking care of it was quite difficult then. And celebrating it? That was even harder. For Mental Health Awareness Month 2021, we want to CELEBRATE everything we have overcome this past year and continue to overcome. We want to honor the resilience of the mental health community, the lifesaving work done by our frontliners and first responders, and the space and action needed for growth as a society with racial injustices across our nation. We may be bruised, but we are here – and we want to celebrate inclusively with all of you.
Our Mental Health Month Awareness Campaign will kick off on Saturday May 1st with a Baking Workshop via Zoom featuring our friend Val, founder of Depressed Cake Shop. When you register, we will send you a list of ingredients, and you can bake along with us!
Following the kick off event, we will be hosting an array of workshops for #BraveDays every weekday in May between May 3rd – May 29th. Meet our friends at Hope for the Day for Coffee Conversations on Monday mornings. Listen in on Author Chats with some of our INCREDIBLE published Brave alum authors on Wednesday afternoons. Join us for Yoga Fridays with beloved Brave Alum Kasey Maher. Additionally, we’ll have art workshops, poetry / creative writing workshops, and more! Check out the Event Page for registration information and more details on each day’s events.
We are so excited to spend Mental Health Awareness Month with you! Join us for #BraveDays and be a part of ending stigma surrounding mental illness!
