Mad Pride Day

For Mad Pride Day this year, we’re explore at the stigmatization and erasure of mental health conditions in the Asian & Pacific Islander community.

What stories are you reading to unpack your family’s cultural relationship with mental health access?

When is it?

• July 14th

Read:

• Living with Viola (ages 9-12)
• Jenny Mei is Sad (ages 4-8)
• Just Roll With It (ages 8-12)

Discuss

• Have you ever been upset about injustice and had someone dismiss you as ‘hysterical,’ ‘crazy,‘ or common for kids – ‘over-tired’?
• How does it feel to have your concerns brushed aside like that? Why?
• What is your family’s history with mental health issues?
• How do members judge, silence, or dismiss members who experience mental health challenges?
• How have your family members’ experiences with racism, colonialism, ableism, displacement, sexism, and other oppressions compounded your ability to access mental health care?

More Resources To Dig Deeper

• Destigmatizing Emotional & Mental Health for Asian & Pacific Islander Kids
• Kids stories Validating Big Feelings
• Podcast on letting go of ableist, sanist, and racist language: A Mexican, A Oriental and A Black Walk Into A Podcast: Decolonizing our language for the next generation
• Freedom We Sing: Reflecting on our history of colonization, forced constitutionalism, and abolition.