Children’s Mental Health Acceptance Family Involvement Center Northern Arizona Community Resource Fair at Flagstaff City Hall on May 21

The Children’s Mental Health Acceptance Week Northern Arizona Community Resource Fair will be held from 9 a.m to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 21 at the Flagstaff City Hall, 211 W. Aspen, Flagstaff.

There will be fun activities for everyone, giveaways and information to take home.

You’re invited to join us at this free event (tickets are limited).

Family Involvement Center is planning several events statewide for National Children’s Mental Health Acceptance Week. Besides helping bring awareness to mental health among younger individuals, these free events are intended to celebrate families and give everyone a day of fun after such a challenging past couple of years.

Connections Spotlight — National Mental Health Month in May raises awareness of the impacts of trauma on the physical, emotional, and mental well-being of children, families and communities

The Coconino Coalition for Children & Youth joins other organizations in Arizona in recognizing the month of May as National Mental Health Month, which raises awareness of the impacts of trauma on the physical, emotional, and mental well-being of children, families and communities. 

 “As individuals and leaders in Arizona, we understand we must heal to move forward from the current trauma of COVID-19. We recognize that all individuals not only experience trauma from situations such as a pandemic but also because of ongoing social injustice practices.

Education Spotlight — Developing future Diné public health leaders starts with early, culturally significant exposure. See more local, state and national education news here

Successfully guiding Diné youth toward health and public health professions begins with two important ideas––start students in a program in high school and cultivate in them a love and understanding of their own cultural, strength-based assets.

Researchers from Diné College and Northern Arizona University explored these findings and other lessons in their recently released publication, “Engaging Native American High School Students in Public Health Career Preparation Through the Indigenous Summer Enhancement Program.”

The publication examines the Indigenous Summer Enhancement Program (ISEP), a one-week summer training program that exposes Native American high school students to public health careers and mentorship in Tsaile, Arizona.

CCC&Y Weekly Newsletter Update for May 18, 2022

CCC&Y, Coconino Coalition for Children & Youth

Through May 31 — Celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month in Coconino County

Mental health is all around us, but, what exactly is mental health? Mental health is a person’s general sense of emotional, psychological, and cognitive well-being. Everyone has mental health every day, but it’s often ignored unless something is going seriously wrong. The best way to prevent that is to pay attention to your mental health even when you are feeling okay or even good.

Notice how your mental health is always changing. Yesterday might have been a better day than today, and that’s okay. Part of being human is moving with your emotions, and knowing when something isn’t going exactly how you want it to, check in with yourself, and reach out to your friends and family for help when you need to take some time for your mental health or don’t know what to do.