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Mental Health First Aid is a skills-based training course that teaches participants about mental health and substance-use issues.

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@msformoso Congratulations Mrs.Baugh-Stewart

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Happy World Mental Health Day and we are continuing to affirm the lived experiences of all Black folks. For those living with bipolar, depression, it’s a time to pause, reflect, and take action for the future.

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Celebrate World Mental Health Day by committing to making mental health and wellbeing for all a global priority.With one in five adults experiencing a mental health challenge each year, we must all advocate for policies that help increase access to mental health carereduce stigma

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BCPS staff, students and families participated in the @NAMIBroward walk this past weekend.
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DBMS Community event @daryldiamond @BCPSNorthRegion @DBMSofficial @baugh_dr90223

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Clara B. Williams college professors did not allow her inside the classroom because she was Black.

But that didn’t stop her. She took notes from the hallway–standing up! She eventually graduated at the age of 51 and lived to 108 years old and saw her 3 sons become doctors.

—Clara Belle Drisdale Williams [1885-1993] was the valedictorian of the graduating class of Prairie New Normal and Independent College, now (Prairie View A & M University) in 1908.

She enrolled at the New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in the fall of 1928, after taking some courses at the University of Chicago. While she worked as a teacher at Booker T. Washington School in Las Cruces, she also took college courses during the summer.

Many of her professors would not allow her inside the classroom, she had to take notes from the hallway; she was also not allowed to walk with her class to get her diploma.

She married Jasper Williams in 1917; their three sons became physicians. She became a great teacher of black students by day, and by night she taught their parents, former slaves, home economics.

In 1961, New Mexico State University named a street on its campus after Williams; in 2005 the building of the English department was renamed Clara Belle Williams Hall.

In 1980 Williams was awarded an honorary doctorate of laws degree by NMSU, which also apologized for the treatment she was subjected to as a student. She died at 108 years old.

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@NicholaGayle1 @BCPSLeadership @BcpsCentral_ @HalehDarbar They have a spectacularly caring and nurturing mentor/leader in you

[IAmDrHussein @inspiretheyouth]

My story is unfolding. I'm learning to pause and honor my journey. I love my multiple identities that shape me: a Black Muslim Somali woman, an immigrant, and a pioneering Somali Muslim female school principal. I am reclaiming my story and honoring my heritage of storytelling.

[Law Of Thinking @lawofthinking]

Smiling is free. Fasting is free. Reading is free. Learning is free. Gratitude is free. Exercising is free. Meditating is free. Loving others is free. Walking in nature is free. The best things in life are free.

[Assistant Sec. for Mental Health & Substance Use @SAMHSA_Leader]

Whether you can stay connected to loved ones, exercise, go out in nature, volunteer in the community or adopt a pet, find out what works for you & do these things often. For more information: https://t.co/Ty2QGkPYkk #WellnessWednesday

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National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month is observed each July to bring awareness to the unique struggles that racial and ethnic minority communities face regarding mental illness in the United States

[Marty Taylor @marty_taylorr]

In 1984. Recent law school grad Greg Abbott was jogging in the affluent Houston, Texas suburb of River Oaks. When he jogged past Divorce attorney Roy Moore's home. A giant oak tree broke and tragically fell on Greg Abbott. Crushing his spine and leaving him paralyzed. Uninsured and unemployed. Abbott had no health insurance. He had over $81,000 in hospital bills. He sued. Abbott got his hospital bills paid and received over $5.7 million dollars in payouts from Moore's home insurance and the tree services company who failed to detect the tree was rotten inside. Still to this day Greg Abbott gets a monthly check that includes cost of living increases each year. And will receive a check for the rest of his life. When Abbott was on the Texas Supreme court . He voted to decrease the amount of money someone in a similar situation could receive. Gregg Abbott supported capping non medical damages in cases like his at $250,000. A reward like the multi million dollars in payouts Abbott received and still receives each and every month till the day he dies would be impossible today. Of course these bills were crafted to not be retroactive. So they do not affect Greg Abbotts payments. Gregg Abbott does everything he can to hurt us Texans. While he laughs all the way to the bank every month with his very generous monthly check that he happily denies to another Texan who is injured in the same way as Abbott was. It goes without saying. This is another example of a GOP hypocrite. OK for me but not for any other Texan. That should be Gov. Greg Abbotts theme song for his life. What a despicable man who cares nothing about anyone's pain and suffering. He got his and to Abbot and the GOP. That's all that matters. @NewBlueUSA #DemVoice1

[Scott Travis @smtravis]

But there’s a problem. You can’t just quietly change your sex ed policy under state law. You need public input & board approval. After I questioned them, they put the old program back to stay until a new program is approved. Here’s my story, 3 of 3 https://t.co/w3h0IHflqH

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.@browardschools say they “inadvertently” replaced the sex ed curriculum website Mon. to remove birth control, LGBTQ issues & human anatomy drawings. @Johnjsully suggested it had nothing to do with a state ordered sex ed survey that was due Mon. I didn’t buy it. 1 of 3

[Karla Hernández-Mats @KarlaforFlorida]

While DeSantis focuses on banning books, removing African American History, and oppressing educators, we will continue to serve our students. We are truth-tellers and we believe that knowledge is power. Thank you @AFTunion for the books #ReadingOpensTheWorld #IStandWithTeachers

[Broward-ABSE @BABSEBroward]

Get Ready for BABSE Spirit and Culture Days
Every Friday in the month of February
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[Dr. Marcia Tate @drmarciatate]

Don’t quit on a goal just because your plans to reach it didn’t work out. What you’ve learned is that your plan needs to change—not your goal! Get back to the drawing board and come up with a new plan. #edchat