HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2021.06.30 - 34703MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION! #21287
BY: Commissioners Janet Jackson, District #21; Bob Hoffman, District #2; Adam Kochenderfer, District
#15; Thomas Kuhn, District #11; Christine Long, District #7; Gary McGillivray, District #20; Chuck Moss,
District #12; Philip Weipert, District #8; Charlie Cavell, District #18; Yolanda Charles, District #17; Michael
Spisz, District #3; Karen Joliat, District #4; Penny Luebs, District #16; Gwen Markham, District #9; William
Miller, District #14; Eileen Kowall, District #6; Angela Powell, District #10; David Woodward, District #19;
Kristen Nelson, District #5; Michael Gingell, District #1; and Marcia Gershenson, District #13
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - RECOGNIZES JULY AS MINORITY MENTAL HEALTH
AWARENESS MONTH IN OAKLAND COUNTY
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS July was designated, by U.S. Congress, as Minority Mental Health Awareness Month in 2008
to bring awareness to the unique struggles that underrepresented groups face regarding mental illness in
the United States; and
WHEREAS in July, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) launches outreach
programs to disseminate health information and education material designed for minority sectors of
thepopulation, including Hispanics, Blacks, Asian/Pacific Islanders, as well as Native Americans; and
WHEREAS the purpose of the national Minority Mental Health Awareness month is to ensure that
useful information and technical assistance are available for patient education in response to minority
population requirements, particularly those in special care services like school, medical, community -
based and worksite locations; and
WHEREAS it is also an, opportunity for initiating discussions with minority and nonminority health experts,
organizations, state and local governments, academic institutions, and other entities from private and public
sectors in coming up with means and ways of improving availability and accessibility of health professionals
to minority populations; and
WHEREAS mental illness affects approximately one in five American families and people in diverse
populations are no exception; and
WHEREAS nearly two-thirds of people with a diagnosable mental illness do not seek treatment, and racial
and ethnic groups in the U.S. are even less likely to get help; and
WHEREAS the term 'minority' is traditionally associated with racial, ethnic, or cultural minorities; and
WHEREAS Oakland Community Health Network (OCHN) also embraces individuals who have been
marginalized and underserved in the community, including those who may identify as part of the LGBTQ+
spectrum. Diversity and inclusion, according to OCHN, create a stigma free environment; and
WHEREAS there are many issues that affects minority members' mental health, such as deep-seated
systemic racism and injustice affecting societal treatment towards minorities, as well as racial disparities
in the mental health system that can discourage some from getting the care they need; and
WHEREAS anyone can experience the challenges of mental illness regardless of their background.
However, background and identity can make access to mental health treatment much more difficult; and
WHEREAS according to the U.S. DHHS, minorities are less likely to receive diagnosis and treatment for
their mental illness, have less access to mental health services and often receive a poorer quality of mental
health care; and
WHEREAS it is vital to bring awareness towards minority mental health, especially with the ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests that have caused a heightened emotional and mental
toll; and
WHEREAS as efforts to fix these issues continue to gain momentum, the need for awareness and to
address the minority mental health issues is be crucial.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby
recognizes July as Minority Mental Health Awareness Month in Oakland County.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners urges Oakland County
residents to learn more about how mental health is perceived and addressed among minority groups.
Chairperson, we move the adoptio a foregoing resolution. �f /
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Commissioner Thomas E. Kuhn
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Charlie Cavell
Commissioner Adam Kocher�rter
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Commissioner Qavid T. Woodward
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Commissioner Michael Spisz
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Commissioner Gwen Markham
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Cointissioner K, en Joliat
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Commissioner William Miller
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Resolution #21287
June 30, 2021
Moved by Jackson supported by McGillivray to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous Resolution
#21287 — Board of Commissioners — Recognizes July as Minority Mental Health Awareness Month in
Oakland County.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the motion to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous
Resolution #21287 — Board of Commissioners — Recognizes July as Minority Mental Health Awareness
Month in Oakland County carried.
Moved by Jackson seconded by McGillivray the resolution be adopted.
Vote on resolution:
AYES: Luebs, Markham, McGillivray, Miller, Moss, Nelson, Powell, Spisz, Weipert, Woodward,
Cavell, Charles, Gershenson, Hoffman, Jackson, Joliat, Kochenderfer, Kowall, Kuhn. (19)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
F Way AMOW THE FOREG0ING RFSULlIT10�'
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lisa Brown, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true and
accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on June 30, 2021,
with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Circuit Court at Pontiac,
Michigan this 30'h day of June, 2021.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County