CBHA Public Newsletter
June 17th, 2021
Join CBHA In Celebrating PRIDE
Dear Colleagues,

In June, we celebrate PRIDE month to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan and to recognize the impact the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Two-Spirit (LGBTQ2S+) community has had on local, national, and international history. We also remember and honor those who have been lost to hate crimes and HIV/AIDS during this month of pride.

The Progress Pride Flag, shown here, was designed by Daniel Quasar in 2018, which includes the five-colored chevron on the left of the flag, which places a greater emphasis on inclusion and progression. This flag includes black and brown stripes to represent marginalized LGBT communities of color and the pink, light blue, and white to represent the Transgender Pride Flag.

Recently, the LGBTQIA+ acronym has been changed to LGBTQ2s+ to better include indigenous identities. Two-Spirit (or 2 Spirit or 2S) individuals are those who embody both a feminine and a masculine spirit living in the same body, which is an important term within some Indigenous cultures.

Later today, June 17th, CBHA is partnering with California Coalition for Youth (CCY) and California Youth Empowerment Network (CA-YEN) to put on a PRIDE event focusing on the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) youth community. See the announcement below for more information, as well as updates on other pride events, federal legislation and the Biden Administration expected to sign a bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday!

In Service,
Le Ondra Clark Harvey, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
PRIDE In Our Youth is Today!
June 17th, 2021 1:00 - 3:00 PM PST
The California Council of Community Behavioral Health Agencies (CBHA), the California Coalition for Youth (CCY), and the California Youth Empowerment Network (CA-YEN) are excited to partner to host "PRIDE In Our Youth: Uplifting Diverse Voices" focusing on the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) youth community today, June 17th from 1:00–3:00 pm PST. CBHA, CA-YEN, and CCY will be convening a group of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, and Two-Spirit (LGBTQ2S+) youth and community leaders, including:

Welcome Remarks - Assemblymember Alex Lee
Keynote Address Dr. Joshua Moon Johnson
State of the Community of Transitional Age Youth Report - California Youth Empowerment Network (CA-YEN)
Youth Panel Discussion - AJ Arzaluz, Alejandra Gomez, Eboni Stallworth & Levi Deatherage 
CBHA Provider Resource Panel Joana Garcia (Pacific Clinics), Samuel Gonzales (Hathaway Sycamores), Stephani Colazo (Children's Institute), Carissa Delgado (Tessie Cleveland) & Jon Goldfinger (Didi Hirsch)

We'll hear about lived experiences, provide community resources and celebrate PRIDE Month 2021. Click the button below or visit cccbha.org to register!
TAY Days at the Capitol: Remember, Rebuild, Recover; Healing Through Generations
"Remember, Rebuild, Recover; Healing Through Generations" is a youth-led virtual event next week, on June 22-24, 2021. Programming will embody this theme as we center our advocacy through artful expression, workshops/trainings, and panels around empowering and amplifying the voice of transitional age youth (TAY) across the State of California.
President Biden to sign Juneteenth bill, creating first new federal holiday in decades
President Joe Biden is set to sign on Thursday a bill establishing Juneteenth, the date marking the end of slavery in the United States, as a federal holiday.

The 3:30 p.m. ET signing event at the White House comes two days before Juneteenth itself, which falls on June 19 each year. Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are scheduled to deliver remarks in the East Room, according to the White House.

Juneteenth National Independence Day will become the 12th legal public holiday and the first new one created since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was signed into law in 1983 by then-President Ronald Reagan.

Juneteenth marks the date that the last enslaved African Americans were granted their freedom. On that day in 1865, Union soldiers led by Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in the coastal city of Galveston, Texas, to deliver General Order No. 3, officially ending slavery in the state.

The final act of liberation came months after the Confederate army’s surrender ended the Civil War, and more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
Lincoln was assassinated on April 15, 1865, two months before his proclamation made it to Texas.

The holiday legislation passed this week with overwhelming support in both chambers of Congress. The Senate approved the bill unanimously Tuesday night, and the House passed it in a 415-14 vote. Now the bill heads to President Biden to be signed into law.
U.S. Supreme Court dismisses challenge to Affordable Care Act, leaving it in place
The Supreme Court dismissed a challenge to the Affordable Care Act on Thursday in a decision that will leave the law intact and save health care coverage for millions of Americans. The justices turned away a challenge from Republican-led states and the former Trump administration, which urged the justices to block the entire law.

The justices said that the challengers of the 2010 law did not have the legal right to bring the case. Justice Stephen Breyer penned the decision that was 7-2. Justices Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch dissented. CBHA commends the decision to continue the Affordable Care Act and the work of increasing health insurance coverage for the uninsured and implementing reforms to the health insurance market.
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