SPRING 2021 NEWSLETTER

OCTOBER DIVERSITY MESSAGE

Please take a couple minutes to read this beautiful message written by Ellen Stone and the Diversity Committee

October is: Global Diversity Month and National Disability Employment Awareness Month

Some other important dates:

• Hispanic Heritage month which continues from Sept. 15^th to Oct. 15^th
• October 1^st is: Native American Women’s Equal Pay Day and Oct. 29^th is Latinx Women’s Equal Pay Day.
• October 10^th is World Mental Health Day
• Oct. 11^th is National Coming Out Day, designating the date in 1987 when a gay and lesbian equality march to Washington D.C. took place
• Oct 11^th, 2021, is also a Federal Holiday which is going through some transformation in the way it is being designated and celebrated in this country.  This is the subject of this month’s message.

For years, there have been objections to Columbus Day being a federal holiday due to the exploitative nature of the first European Explorers in America.  READ MORE

"NIEAPA members shall seek to develop an awareness of their own personal and cultural values and beliefs as one way of appreciating the importance of multicultural identities in our own lives and in the lives of those we serve.  NIEAPA members shall have and continue to develop specialized knowledge and understanding about the values, traditions and systems of all employees at the workplaces they serve."

  RESOURCE DIRECTORY & BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAMS

The Resource Directory is a central source of services that fall under the EAP umbrella and is a great tool for all.  We encourage you to use and share with your colleagues.

Please use the Resource Directory if you are looking for up to date information on treatment centers' recent changes, additions or reduction of services. The link also provides contact information for each center's outreach professional.

This list has been provided by the Chicagoland Professional Liaison Association, which is an organization for outreach professionals in the behavioral health field working in the Greater Chicagoland area. We thank the group for sharing this information with their NIEAPA colleagues.