May: Mental Health Awareness Month

May: Mental Health Awareness Month

The State of Mental Health in a Post-Pandemic Society   In 1949, Congress declared May to be Mental Health Awareness Month, primarily because of the great number of WWII Veterans suffering from mental health issues. Over time, mental health awareness has sought...
Creating A More Equitable Society, Together

Creating A More Equitable Society, Together

    Intersectionality is a relatively new term, coined in 1989 by American civil rights advocate and leading scholar of critical race theory, Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw. Intersectionality is the recognition of how marginalized groups of social...
Autism Part 2: An In-Depth Exploration of Autism

Autism Part 2: An In-Depth Exploration of Autism

  *This informative piece was written by our Board Member, Sylvan Pearlstein, an autistic person.  April is commonly called World Autism Awareness Month, but autistic self-advocates urge everyone to observe it as World Autism Acceptance Month. The general public...