Mental Health Is Health Experience
Please join us for our new annual fundraiser: Mental Health Is Health Experience, a virtual event that will take place on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 during Mental Health Awareness Month. Attendance is free but registration is required at didihirsch.org/2021.
Over 25 years ago, we launched a movement to erase the stigma of mental illness by hosting an annual event that recognized those with the courage to speak about their personal mental health challenges. Today, people of all ages, backgrounds and experiences talk openly about mental health – demonstrating the great strides made to erase the interpersonal stigma of mental illness.
Honoring and building on this legacy, Mental Health is Health Experience conveys the theme of our next focus of work—ensuring that mental health and physical health must be treated equally. This means equal access to and payment of healthcare whether someone has asthma or ADHD, diabetes or depression, breast cancer or bipolar disorder.
Past Events
Alive and Running 5K for Suicide Prevention
Alive & Running is an uplifting, life-affirming event that remembers loved ones lost to suicide while raising funds and awareness for the Didi Hirsch Suicide Prevention Center.
Our 22nd Alive & Running 5K for Suicide Prevention in September 2020 was a virtual event that raised $448,000 for our lifesaving suicide prevention services. More information about our 23rd annual event in September 2021 is coming soon.
Erasing the Stigma Awards
Over 25 years ago, Didi Hirsch launched a movement to erase the stigma of mental illness by hosting an annual event that recognized those with the courage to speak about their personal mental health challenges. Today, people of all ages, backgrounds and experiences talk openly about mental health – demonstrating the great strides made to erase the interpersonal stigma
of mental illness.
