Holidays

Mental Health in the Black Population: A Focus for Black History Month 

Black History Month serves as a time to reflect on the history, culture and contributions of Black Americans. It is also a time to acknowledge the challenges that continue affecting Black communities today – challenges like the mental health disparity faced by too many individuals in this population. Despite historical advancements in civil rights and […]

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MHAOK celebrates Juneteenth at Lottie House

Along with so many others in Oklahoma, Mental Health Association Oklahoma marked Juneteenth with celebration and reflection. On Friday, our Oklahoma City peer-run drop-in center, Lottie House, honored that momentous 1865 day that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas learned they had been freed.  The designation of Juneteenth as a federal holiday two years ago bolstered

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Mental Health Association Oklahoma is hosting its annual Juneteenth celebration at Lottie House

OKLAHOMA CITY – In celebration of Juneteenth Day of Observance, Mental Health Association Oklahoma (MHAOK) is hosting an afternoon of recognition and celebration from 1 to 4 p.m., Friday, June 16 at Lottie House Drop-In Center.  Juneteenth, a marriage of the words June and nineteenth, became our nation’s twelfth federal holiday in 2021.  The Lottie

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Curing the Valentine’s Day blues

Curing the Valentine’s Day BluesAh February, the month when aisles at grocery stores are filled with pink and red candy, hearts,balloons and stuffed animals. The month when restaurants are showing off their limited edition,three-course Valentine’s Day menu and magazines are featuring the best dates to take yoursignificant other on. But, there’s only one “problem” –

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