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![]() ![]() Read on for their insight into how to integrate mental health awareness into your everyday lives and social experiences.ĭistrict Fray: What does MHAM mean to you?Ĭarter Umhau: My hope is that bringing awareness to mental health issues also means bringing awareness to the myriad ways diverse struggles require diverse solutions of care - in the systemic and the deeply specific and creatively personal. In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month (MHAM), we caught up with three local community builders in this space: Erica Christian, founder of Empowering the Diner and creator of Satiated Carter Umhau, a licensed psychotherapist, artist and writer who works to create healing spaces that can be integrated into people’s everyday lives and artist Janelle Whisenant, whose work focuses on themes of mental health. The District is brimming with opportunities to support mental health awareness, from self-care pop-ups celebrating the diversity of D.C.’s service industry to sensory experiences promoting self-expression through food and art. creatives on how to support, engage and collaborate during Mental Health Awareness Month. ![]()
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