MAY 7 th , 2024
HEALTH STIGMA CONTINUES TO PERSIST AND IT IS OUR JOB TO BRING 1
LIGHT TO THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL HEALTH BY HAVING OPEN AND 2
HONEST CONVERSATIONS AND NORMALIZING THESE TALKS AND MAKING 3
SURE THAT PEOPLE FEEL FREE TO JUST HAVE A SIMPLE CONVERSATION 4
AS YOU WOULD IF YOU HAD AN INJURED ORGAN, AN INJURED LIMB, 5
THAT'S THE SAME CONVERSATION YOU SHOULD BE HAVING ABOUT MENTAL 6
HEALTH AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. I WANT TO THANK OUR HEALTH CARE 7
AGENCY AND ALL THE FINE PEOPLE BEHIND ME, SPECIFICALLY 8
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR BEHIND THE SCENES AND 9
DISMANTLING THE STIGMAS AGAINST MENTAL HEALTH PIECE BY PIECE. 10
THEIR WORK EXTENDS BEYOND WORKSHOPS AND OUTREACH. THEY BUILD 11
PARTNERSHIPS WITH MANY LOCAL COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND 12
OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO EDUCATE AND DISPEL IGNORANCE. AS WAS 13
SAID EARLIER, MANY OF THIS IS OCCURRING ON OUR CAMPUSES, OUR K 14
THROUGH 12 CAMPUSES. LAST YEAR IN MAY, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT- 15
OUT TO CALOPTIMA WHO APPROVED $25 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR ALL 16
29 ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO BOOST ACCESS TO 17
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE FOR K THROUGH 12 CHILDREN. CAL O NOW 18
PROVIDES BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TELEHEALTH SERVICES FOR MEMBERS AS 19
WELL. OUR CLOSE FAMILY TIES AND VAST SOCIAL NETWORKS BEYOND 20
THE IMMEDIATE FAMILY ARE OUR COMMUNITY'S CULTURAL STRENGTHS 21
AND ARE CRITICAL TO MAINTAINING GOOD HEALTH. WE WANT TO TAP 22
INTO THE TIES, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR NETWORKS OF FRIENDS 23
AND PARTNERS WORK WITH US AS WE SEND POSITIVE MESSAGES TO 24
SOMEONE WHO IS STRUGGLING AND A MESSAGE TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY 25
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