Office of the Mayor

Proclamation

Lawrence, Kansas

WHEREAS:   The U.S. Surgeon General states that mental health is fundamental to health, personal well-being, family, and interpersonal relationships, and contributes to community and society; and

WHEREAS:   Mental illness affects one in four Americans every year, regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, or economic status; and

WHEREAS:   The guiding principles of community mental health care have always been comprehensiveness, cost-efficiency, effective management, and high-quality and consumer-responsive services; and

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Leslie Soden, Mayor of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, do hereby proclaim the month of May 2017, as

“MENTAL HEALTH MONTH”

in the City of Lawrence and call upon all citizens, government agencies, public and private institutions, businesses, and schools to recommit our community to increasing awareness and understanding of mental illness and the need for appropriate and accessible services for all people with mental illness.

                                                          Leslie Soden, Mayor     

May 16, 2017