While July is Disability Pride Month, it is also BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month.

It is no secret that Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color are subject to disproportionate amounts of discrimination, mental health access limitations, and other social determinants of health that make it harder to maintain positive mental health outcomes. Let us be clear: disability rights must include mental health access, and we have an obligation to center BIPOC mental health in our movement. Please follow organizations like BEAM, Latinx Therapy, the Asian Mental Health Collective, and StrongHearts Native Helpline for resources today! ALT embedded. IDs: S1: A brown textured graphic includes a multi-color silhouette of 3 people representing BIPOC Mental Health. In the upper right corner is the NDS logo. In the upper left corner of the graphic is ivory text that says: "July is also BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month". S2: An ivory graphic with brown text says: "Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color (BIPOC) experience unique barriers when it comes to receiving adequate mental health care. BIPOC people are also more likely to experience intersecting disadvantages (like poverty, discrimination, and housing insecurity) at the same time, worsening the barriers. These conditions are worse for BIPOC in the South due to cost, provider shortages, and limited physical care sites." The NDS logo is in the lower left corner, and in the lower right, there is a photo of a Black person expressing sorrow. S3: A brown graphic says: "Everyone is entitled to adequate resources to achieve and maintain the best mental health conditions, especially those of us living on the margins of oppression. At New Disabled South, we are committed to collective access and collective liberation. We will not experience an improved health care landscape if the mental health of BIPOC people, especially disabled BIPOC in the South, is centered in our organizing and activation efforts. BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month is an opportunity to strengthen that commitment, because disability rights include mental health". The NDS logo is in the lower right. IDs continued in comments.