National Minority Mental Health Awareness Event tonight

   County of Los Angeles          

Department of Mental Health

 

Marvin J. Southard, D.S.W.

 Director of Mental Health                               

 

MEDIA ADVISORY                                   

      For Immediate Release

 

 

     

 

SUPERVISOR BURKE JOINS DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NAMI URBAN LOS ANGELES IN CELEBRATING FIRST-EVER BEBE MOORE-CAMPBELL NATIONAL MINORITY MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH – JULY 16

 

WHAT:            Los Angeles County Supervisor Yvonne B. Burke joins Department of Mental Health (DMH) and National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Urban Los Angeles in celebrating the first-ever Bebe Moore-Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month in Los Angeles County.

 

WHEN:            Wed., July 16

(5:30-8 p.m.)

 

WHERE:         California African-American Museum

600 State Drive, Los Angeles 90037

 

CONTACT:     Ken Kondo, Public Information Officer II

                        (213) 351-5297 – Office  

                        (213) 507-2976 – County Mobile Telephone

 

                        Nancy Carter, Executive Director

                        NAMI Urban Los Angeles

                        (323) 294-7814

 

Los Angeles County Supervisor Yvonne B. Burke and the Board of Supervisors proclaimed the month of July as the first-ever Bebe Moore-Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month in Los Angeles County on July 1. The Department of Mental Health and its collaborative community partners will be hosting various events, activities and educational conferences in recognition of National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month.

 

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