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DECEMBER 2023

NOVEMBER 2023
National Native American Heritage Month
National Family Caregivers Month #together4mentalhealth\
National Gratitude Month #NationalGratitudeMonth
National Youth Homlessness Awareness Month #NYHAM
Nov 13 ― World Kindness Day #WorldKindnessDay
Nov 13-19 ―Transgender Awareness Week #TransWeek
Nov 16 ― Great American Smokeout
Nov 16 ― Children’s Grief Awareness Day #ChildGriefDay
Nov 16 ― National Rural Health Day #PowerOfRural #NRHD
Nov 18 ― International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day #SurvivorDay
Nov 20 ― Transgender Day of Remembrance

OCTOBER 2023
Oct 2-8 ― Mental Illness Awareness Week #MIAW
Oct 6 ― National Depression Screening Day #NDSD2022
Oct 8 ― A United Day of Hope – NAMI Walks #Together4MH
Oct 10 ― World Mental Health Day #WMHDAY #worldmentalhealthday
Oct 15 ― National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day #NLAAD2022
Oct 17-23 ― Addiction Treatment Gap Awareness Week #TreatAddictionSaveLives #TreatmentWeek
Oct 17-21 ― National Health Education Week #NHEW
Oct 19 ― Unity Day (bullying) #UnityDay2022
Oct 23-31 ― Red Ribbon Week #RedRibbonWeek
September 2023
Pain Awareness Month
Recovery Month #RecoveryMonth #RecoveryIsForEveryone
National Suicide Prevention Month [SAMHSA/988] #SPM23 #BeThe1To
Suicide Prevention Awareness Month (SPAM) [NAMI] #Together4MH
Sep 15-Oct 15 ― Hispanic/Latino Heritage Month
Sep 9 ― International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day #FASD
Sep 10-16 ― National Suicide Prevention Week #RealConvo #TalkAwayTheDark
Sep 10 ― World Suicide Prevention Day #WSPD2023
Sep 14 ― Appalachian Save a Life Day (AL, GA, KY, MD, MS, NC, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, and WV) #
Sep 19-26 ―Bisexual Awareness Week #BiWeek
Sep 17 ― National Physician Suicide Awareness Day  #NPSADay
Sep 18 ― National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day  #NHAAA #HIVandAging
Sep 20 ― National Addiction Professionals Day  #AddictionProfessionalsDay #ProudAddictionProfessional
Sep 27 ― National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day  #NGMHAAD #TalkPrEP
Sep 30 ― World Heart Day #WorldHeartDay #UseHeart #KnowHeart
Sep 30 ― International Recovery Day #InternationalRecoveryDay
August 2023
National Wellness Month #IChooseWellness
Aug 6-12 ― National Health Center Week #NHCW2023 #RoadMap #ValueCHCs
Aug 26  ― National Dog Day (PTSD) #nationaldogday #dogday
Aug 31  ― International Drug Overdose Awareness Day #weseeyou #EndOverdose #IOAD2023
JULY 2023
National BIPOC Mental Health Month #BIPOCmhm22 #BIPOCMentalHealthMonth 
Jul 25 ― National African American Hepatitis C Action Day #NAAHCAD #AAHepCActionDay
Jul 25-29  ― Construction Opioid Awareness Week – PA #PAOpioidPledge
Jul 28  ― World Hepatitis Day #WorldHepatitisDay #ICantWait
Jul 30  ― World Day Against Trafficking in Persons #EndHumanTrafficking
JUNE 2023
LGBT Pride Month
Men’s Health Month #MensHealthMonth
Jun 12-18 ― International Men’s Health Week #MHW2023 #menshealthweek
Jun 18 ― Wear Blue Day (Men’s Health) #ShowUsYourBlue
Jun 26-30 ― World Wellbeing Week #worldwellbeingweek
Jun 27 ― National HIV Testing Day #NHTD #HIVTestingDay
MAY 2023
Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month #AANHPILegacy #AANHPIHM (Ways to Celebrate)
Hepatitis Awareness Month #HepatitisAwarenessMonth
Mental Health Awareness Month [NAMI] #MHAM #MoreThanEnough
Mental Health Month [MHA] #MHM2023 #LookAround #LookWithin
National Teen Self Esteem Month #
May 1 ― Black Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day
May 5 ― National Silence the Shame Day #silencetheshame
May 6-12 ― National Nurses Week #NNW2023 #YouMakeADifference
May 7-13 ― Children’s Mental Health Acceptance Week #CMHAW23
May 8-12 ― SAMHSA’s National Prevention Week #NPW2023
May 8-14 ― Teacher Appreciation Week #NWHW
May 9 ― National Fentanyl Awareness Day #NationalFentanylAwarenessDay #JustSayKNOW
May 11 ― National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day 
May 11 ― National Older Adult Mental Health Awareness Day #OAMHAD
May 11-17 ― Black Maternal Health Week #BMHW23
May 14-20 ― National Women’s Health Week #NWHW
May 16 ― National Honor Our LGBT Elders Day #LGBTEldersDay
May 17 ― International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia #IDAHOBiT
May 18 ― HIV Vaccine Awareness Day #HVAD
May 18 ― Mental Health Action Day #MentalHealthAction
May 19 – National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day #APIMay19 #NAPIHAAD
May 19 – National Hepatitis Testing Day #HepAware23 #HepTestingDay
May 21 ― No Menthol Sunday #NMS2023 #NoMentholSunday
May 21-27 ― Schizophrenia Awareness Week
May 31 ― World No Tobacco Day #WNTD #NoTobacco
APRIL 2023
Alcohol Awareness Month #AlcoholAwarenessMonth
National Minority Health Month #NMHM #NMHM2023
National Distracted Driving Awareness Month
Sexual Assault Awareness Month #SAAM2023 #DrawingConnections
Sexual Assault Awareness Prevention Month #SAAPM #HEALTogether
Stress Awareness Month #StressAwarenessMonth
Apr 3-7 ― Teen Health Week #teenhealthweek
Apr 3-9 ― National Public Health Week #NPHW
Apr 4 ― SAAM Day of Action #SAAM #IAsk #Teal
Apr 9-15 ― STD Awareness Week #STDWeek
Apr 10 ― National Youth HIV and AIDS Awareness Day #NYHAAD
Apr 11-17 – Black Maternal Health Week #BMHW23
Apr 14 ― RAINN Day
Apr 16-22 ― National Volunteer Week #NVW #LocalLight
Apr 18 ― National Transgender HIV Testing Day #NTHTD
Apr 22 ― National Drug Take-Back Day
MARCH 2023
National Problem Gambling Awareness Month #PGAM2023
National Women’s History MonthSocial Work Month #SWMonth2023 #BreaksBarriers
Mar 1 ― Self-Injury Awareness Day #SIAD
Mar 6 ― Black Balloon Day #BlackBalloonDay
Mar 8 ― International Women’s Day #EmbraceEquity #IWD2023
Mar 10 ― National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day #NWGHAAD
Mar 19-25 ― International Adolescent Health Week #IAHW23
Mar 20-26 ― National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week #NDAFW #drugfacts
Mar 20 ― National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day #NNHAAD
Mar 24 ― World Tuberculosis Day #TheClockIsTicking #WorldTBDay
Mar 20-24 ― LGBT Health Awareness Week
Mar 31 ―Take Down Tobacco National Day of Action  #TakeDownTobacco
FEBRUARY 2023
African American History Month #BlackHistoryMonth
National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month #1Thing #TDVAM
Feb 1-7 ― African Heritage & Health Week #AfricanHeritageWeek
Feb 3 ― National Wear Red Day #GoRedWearRed
Feb 7 ― National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day #NBHAAD
Feb 12-18 ― Children of Alcoholics Awareness Week
Feb 14 ― National Condom Awareness Day #
Feb 14 ― National Donor Day #NationalDonorDay #BeADonor
Feb 19-25 ― Through with Chew Week
Feb 23 ― Great American Spit Out
JANUARY 2023
Mental Wellness Month

Jan 30 ― SAMHSA’s 19th Annual Prevention Day#PreventionDay

DECEMBER 2022
National Impaired Driving Prevention Month
Dec 1 ― World AIDS Day
Dec 5-9, 2022* ― Older Driver Safety Awareness Week
Dec 5 ― International Volunteer Day
Dec 9 ― International Anti-Corruption Day #VolunteerNow #IVD2022
Dec 10 ― Human Rights Day
NOVEMBER 2022
National Native American Heritage Month
National Family Caregivers Month #together4mentalhealth
National Gratitude Month #NationalGratitudeMonth
National Runaway Prevention Month #NRPM2022 #NRPM
Nov 7-11 ―International Stress Awareness Week #StressAwarenessWeek
Nov 9 ―International Stress Awareness Day #StressAwarenessDay
Nov 13 ― World Kindness Day #WorldKindnessDay
Nov 13-19 ―Transgender Awareness Week #TransWeek
Nov 17 ― Great American Smokeout
Nov 17 ― Children’s Grief Awareness Day #ChildGriefDay
Nov 17 ― National Rural Health Day #PowerOfRural #NRHD
Nov 19 ― International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day #SurvivorDay
Nov 20 ― Transgender Day of Remembrance
OCTOBER 2022
Domestic Violence Awareness Month #DVAM2022 #1Thing
National Bullying Prevention Month #Bullying
National Depression Education and Awareness Month
National Substance Abuse Prevention Month
National Youth Substance Use Prevention Month
Oct 2-8 ― Mental Illness Awareness Week #MIAW
Oct 6 ― National Depression Screening Day #NDSD2022
Oct 8 ― A United Day of Hope – NAMI Walks #Together4MH
Oct 10 ― World Mental Health Day #WMHDAY #worldmentalhealthday
Oct 15 ― National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day #NLAAD2022
Oct 17-23 ― Addiction Treatment Gap Awareness Week #TreatAddictionSaveLives #TreatmentWeek
Oct 17-21 ― National Health Education Week #NHEW
Oct 19 ― Unity Day (bullying) #UnityDay2022
Oct 23-31 ― Red Ribbon Week #RedRibbonWeek
Oct 29 ― National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
SEPTEMBER 2022
Pain Awareness Month
Recovery Month #RecoveryMonth
Suicide Prevention Awareness Month #SPM22 #BeThe1To [NAMI]
Hispanic/Latino Heritage Month ― Sep 15-Oct 15
Sep 4-10 ― National Suicide Prevention Week
Sep 10 ― World Suicide Prevention Day #WSPD2022 #WorldSuicidePreventionDay
Sep 12-18 ― National Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week #OpioidEpidemic #opioidoverdose #OpioidAddiction
Sep 13 – National Opioid and Substance Awareness Day
Sep 16-23 ― #BiWeek
Sep 17 ― National Physician Suicide Awareness Day #NPSADay
Sep 18 ― National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day #NHAAD #HIVandAging #AIDSandAging
Sep 20 ― National Addiction Professionals Day
Sep 27 ― National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day #NGMHAAD #TalkPrEP
Sep 29 – World Heart Day
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