For the month of June, we’re observing the following awareness days:
Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month: Alzheimer’s disease is a brain disorder that remains the most common cause of dementia – a gradual decline in thinking, memory, behavior, and social skills. Changes in the brain occur when deposits of certain proteins cause the brain to shrink and brain cells to eventually die. About 6.5 million people in the United States age 65 and older live with Alzheimer’s disease.
More than 55 million people are living with Alzheimer’s or another dementia.
Caribbean American Heritage Month: Celebrate the achievements and dreams of the millions of people of Caribbean origin now living in the United States and honor how the shared history of perseverance impacted life across the world.
In June 2005, the House of Representatives unanimously adopted H. Con. Res. 71, sponsored by Congresswoman Barbara Lee, recognizing the significance of Caribbean people and their descendants in the history and culture of the United States. On February 14, 2006, the resolution similarly passed the Senate, culminating a two-year, bipartisan and bicameral effort. The Proclamation was issued by President George W. Bush on June 6, 2006.
Juneteenth: (short for “June Nineteenth”) honors the end of slavery in the United States. Federal troops arrived in 1865 in Galveston, Texas, to take control of the state and deliver the news that all enslaved people were freed. The troops’ arrival occurred two and a half years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. On June 17, 2021, it officially became a federal holiday.
Men’s Health Month: Raises awareness about preventable health concerns, and the importance of early detection and treatment of disease among men and boys.
National PTSD Month: Heightens awareness of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PTSD occurs in people after they have experienced a particularly traumatic event such as war and violent physical/sexual/verbal assault, accidents.
National Safety Month: The annual observance to keep people safe at the workplace. Since 1996, National Safety Month (NSM) provides a month’s worth of free safety resources to highlight leading causes of preventable injury and death.
Pride Month: Celebrates contributions made by the LGBTQ+ community to history, and cultures internationally. In most places, Pride in June commemorates the Stonewall Riots of June 1969. However, across the globe, pride events occur yearround.
Skyscraper Month: Recognizing the architectural phenomena, the skyscraper. This international holiday celebrates magnificently constructed buildings like the Columbia Tower, Empire State Building, and World Trade Center.
