JUNETEENTH

Nyla Wright

Growing up in Chicago, living in a predominantly black community and school district I prided myself on knowing a lot about black history as an African American. My parents, family, and the community also educated us with what they had been taught about black history. I was in shock when I attended college and took an African American literature class and learned so much more about my history that was not taught to me in school or even from my parents. When I moved to Arizona it was my first time hearing about “Juneteenth”. I thought how was this never taught in the schools I attended in Chicago or even by my parents. I then thought about how the slaves must have felt when they had learned that Abraham Lincoln had signed a bill to abolished slavery two in a half years before the slaves in Galveston Texas knew they were free. Mental health disorders are the effects of being enslaved and being lied to. Learning this gave me so much more clarity on why so many African Americans are affected by mental health disorders. African Americans due to slavery have endured numerous types of abuse from physical, mental, racial, and verbal. After learning more about my history, one of the reasons I decided to obtain a degree in behavioral health is to help people, especially those of color, to make sense of what their mental health disorders stemmed from.

Reach out to me, I have an AAS degree in Advanced Behavioral Health and also provide services as a Professional Organizer specialized to help people with mental health disorders . My contact info is listed below.

Tips for help

• Do your own research • Seek a culturally diverse therapist • ●Behavior modification techniques before medication • Educate others • ●Don’t allow others to teach you who you are

Website: www.eyeforitorganizing.com Email:nyla@eyeforitorganizing.com Facebook: Eye For It Organizing Instagram: eyeforitorganizing