Silence is NOT an Option
April 2024
Stress Awareness Month
Earth Month Alcohol Awareness Month
Arab American Heritage Month
Autism Acceptance Month
1) Although the chronic condition of stress can have negative side effects on all persons,…Due to a wide array of factors such as, stereotypes, stereotype threat and invisibility syndrome African-Americans tend to face more life stressors than other ethnic groups. Read more about it here…
2) Hospice therapist, Ashley McGrit, talks about the causation of early death, specifically in racially marginalized communities, in this TedTalk called Dying While Black: Links Between Mental Health, Chronic Stress, & Death
3) According to various research studies, researchers found that people of color and young adults were less likely to have attended AA due to conflicts with the program’s general philosophy, or having felt scrutinized or discriminated against. Read more here…
4) This 2024 study further explains that for African Americans, additional factors such as social equity and access to culturally responsive treatments can complicate the alcohol recovery process. Read more here…
5) Please learn more about the Afro Arab Community by reading their history here. Read more here…
6) In this Harvard Political Review article, Dinan Elsyad tells about their culturally Arab background, and how their claim to Arabness has always been questioned. In the Arab world, to be both Black and Arab is a contradiction. Read more here…
7) In this 2024 study, we learn that African American/Black (AA/B) young adults with diagnoses of autism spectrum disorders rarely are studied in a way that acknowledges both their racial identity and their autism diagnosis. Read more here…
8) Black families of children with autism spectrum disorder have less access to high quality, culturally responsive care for their children. Read more here…
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
