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How-to guide: Raising awareness about mental illness

A group of people participating in a fundraising event to benefit mental illness

You understand the importance of bringing more awareness to the realities mental illness – but what can you do? You don’t have a national television show, you’re not a famous athlete, you have no upcoming sold-out concerts – so, will anyone listen to you? The answer is easy: absolutely. You may not have an obvious audience of thousands, but knowledge breeds knowledge, and knowledge spreads. Things that may seem small can have large effects. Read our how-to guide below that has a few examples of do-it-yourself micro advocacy work that can have a big impact. 

What all of these examples have in common is communication; at the end of the day, communication is the key to raising awareness. The more you speak, share, write, blog, listen, disagree, encourage, and just keep talking, the more information you spread and change will follow. 
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