It’s CMHA Mental Health Week 2017! Now GET LOUD for Mental Health

The 66^th annual CMHA Mental Health Week 2017, it runs May 1-7. Canadians are hearing the Canadian Mental Health Association’s call to GET LOUD for mental health and they are raising their voices to end discrimination, stigma and shame.

“I think of ‘getting loud’ as a giant megaphone for mental health. The people we love, and the people we elect need to hear that mental health is an essential part of health, and of health care,” says Claudia den Boer, CEO, Canadian Mental Health Association, Windsor-Essex County Branch (CMHA-WECB).

From May 1-7 2017, the CMHA Mental Health Week website is the go-to site for getting loud for mental health. Canadians can join the CMHA Mental Health Week Thunderclap and share their social networks for one momentous message; they can send a letter directly to their own MPs, declaring that they are sick of waiting for mental health to top the agenda. And they can make a donation of any amount to support CMHA’s work.

Locally, CMHA-WECB has a number of events planned throughout the week and the month including:

• City of Windsor Proclamation that May is Mental Health Month
• May 2-7 – Caesars Windsor will be lit up green in recognition of mental health
• May 3 – Official launch of Ride Don’t Hide, 10 a.m. Windsor Star News Café
• May 3 – Walking Wednesday Kick-off in partnership with Caesars Windsor and City of Windsor, 12:30 p.m. Charles Clark Square
• May 3 – Victoria Maxwell presentation of “That’s Just Crazy Talk” at 7 p.m. Caboto Club

Victoria is one of North America’s most popular speakers on the lived experience of mental illness and recovery, dismantling stigma, creativity and wellness. She live with bipolar disorder, anxiety and psychosis. She is also a self-proclaimed “Bipolar Princess.”

• May 4 – Victoria Maxwell Workshop “Crazy for Life Workshop” 1-4:30 p.m. Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare
• May 5 – CMHA-WECB will have a display at Devonshire Mall
• In addition, throughout the month of May Antonino’s Pizza will donate 10 cents for EVERY vegetable topping ordered. Offer is available at ALL locations.
• Home Hardwares, Walkerville Brewery, Walkerville Tavern and Brightside Tanning will be selling “soles” for $2 in support of CMHA-WECB’s Sole Focus Project.