Your Community, Your Vote!
This two-part non-partisan document series focuses on why voting is important and how practitioners can support individuals experiencing mental health challenges to vote.
Civic Engagement
These documents provide comprehensive guidance on civic engagement, covering topics such as voter rights, mental health advocacy, and community involvement. They empower individuals with mental illnesses to exercise their rights, express their opinions, and actively participate in shaping their communities.
Voting: Exercising the Right to Vote
This document answers the most frequently asked questions about voters rights for individuals with psychiatric disabilities, and includes additional information about how both individuals and groups can challenge discriminatory voting rights laws and practices.
Mental Health and Wellness Through Civic Participation
This document outlines how to identify your views, identify reputable news sources, and connect with your government directly. It is meant to remind persons with mental illness that their thoughts and opinions have value and that there are many ways to express them and be heard.
Exercising the Right to Vote: Fall 2020
This document includes important information regarding the importance of voting and voting rights of individuals diagnosed with serious mental illnesses. It includes a template for a voting plan as well as valuable resources to support everyone to exercise the right to vote.
Civic Engagement: How to Get Involved in Your Community
This resource discusses the benefits of getting involved in community activities, and offers many suggestions and strategies to promote active participation in advocacy activities that can foster both empowerment and a sense of personal purpose.