Against everyday #oppression and #poverty, the #midterms2018 have made clear the longstanding violations and new barriers regressing #civilrights for #NativeAmericans in American politics that harms their social #wellbeing. Every vote should count. bit.ly/2AOMokU

Coinciding with #StressAwarenessDay, @RefugeeTraumaUK's campaign #HelpHumanitarians aims to raise awareness of burnout + trauma and together with SimpleSilver better support the community to manage #stress and #anxiety through #selfcare. #MHPSS bit.ly/2STW5W1

Photo #exhibition 'Another Way Home' offers a different narrative told by #refugees, #migrants and #immigrants that portrays the bravery and self-sacrifice that embodies the #resilience of familial and community ties amidst great risk and pain #photography n.pr/2RCocbD

The #CampFire is now the most destructive #wildfire in #California. Psychological First Aid + selfcare is paramount in the coming days as residents and rescue workers, incl. #firefighters, reckon with the aftermath #MHPSS bit.ly/2OUEQ7S #CaliforniaFires

#Bullying has a serious social cost, with a greater risk of poor health, internalised #stress, and suicidal ideation in #migrant and #refugee children. Equipping #schools with #empathy training can help counteract harm. #chooserespect #antibullyingweek bit.ly/2PSXdL0

Just as Amnesty International strips #AungSanSuuKyi of its highest honour today, the #Rohingya are being forced back to a country that initiated a strategic #genocide against them and the risks for further genocide and trauma are still in place bit.ly/2ETOYKB #MHPSS

Only 20 #unaccompanied #children have been allowed into the UK out of the 3,000 #refugee children promised resettlement from #Syria, #Iraq and across #MENA. Broken policies cause further harm and trauma to a #lostgeneration. #WorldKindessDay #MHPSS bit.ly/2OLiz8I

In Cambodia, illegal fishing, harmful development projects and #climatechange #drought have destroyed Tonle Sap Lake that feeds millions of people in Southeast Asia, forcing anxious fisherman and families to go hungry and become #climatemigrants Eater bit.ly/2AizDve

Resilience building by #Holocaust survivor #ViktorFrankl and #philosopher Friedrich #Nietzsche '"He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how." #WorldPhilosophyDay #trauma #mentalhealth #MHPSSMatters bit.ly/2cVSrHN

40 years since #PolPot's brutal communist regime fell in #Cambodia, its top leaders are guilty of #genocide. Today brings some solace and healing, but for families of the dead and survivors #justice does not bring closure. #KhmerRouge nyti.ms/2QMCcyK

Children of #Gaza are experiencing a #psychological decline since the US embassy move to #Jerusalem. Mohammad was only 14 when he was killed by an Israeli sniper. He had already witnessed three wars in his young, short and deeply traumatised life. #MHPSS wapo.st/2DqJ55d

From #Kiribati and #Bangladesh to #Alaska and #PuertoRico, #anxiety and #stress have increased in communities at the frontlines of #climatechange. With no legal protection for #climaterefugees/#climatemigrants, the future of relocation looks perilous n.pr/2QUPWrg

On #UniversalChildrensDay, Jewish survivors of Nazi persecution who escaped to the UK through #Kindertransport arranged by religous and humanitarian orgs. 80 yrs ago remind us of the rights of #childrefugees today fleeing war+their resilient futures ahead bit.ly/2zkvFF3

Everyday #Palestinians in the #WestBank struggle with forced #displacement and #demolition. High anxiety and stress accompanies the eradication of history after Israeli settlements continue to be built against international law. #rightofreturn #Airbnb cnn.it/2uboUBR

The palpable fear and oppression of the ethnic #Uighurs living under the daily threat of arrest, #detention and re-education by the Chinese state that seeks to eradicate them of their culture and religion, incl. through its own #childseparation policy bit.ly/2M1edNV

This #Thanksgiving relief efforts after the #CaliforniaFires are still ongoing. For the community of #Paradise, which was 90pc wiped out, the road ahead will be long and hard. #Psychosocial support is essential after such loss. #ParadiseFire The Daily Beast thebea.st/2DH4oQb

Impact of toxic stress on #undocumented communities in #Texas dealing with #trauma in one of the most militarized zones in the country and the fear of #ice and #familyseparation after fleeing #gangs in #Honduras, #Guatemala, #Mexico and #ElSalvador #MHPSS bit.ly/2PGK6xi

Against the backdrop of growing #nationalism in #Poland, two communities in #Warsaw have formed an unlikely friendship out of shared pain and experience of homelessness. #Refugees #homeless #socialjustice #nationalism #mentalhealth #humanrights bit.ly/2Netvwh Agnieszka Pikulicka

A very timely #podcast by the team at Reveal in collaboration with ABC Australia on the experiences of detained #asylumseekers on #Nauru and investigate why, after years of confinement, #children are succumbing to a surreal #mentalillness. #humanrights https:/bit.ly/2TPHYRP

On #WorldBookDay, We Love Readingᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ founder Professor Rana Dajani رنا الدجاني and Sally Beiruti explore the many #mentalhealth and #wellbeing benefits of #reading and #storytelling for children experiencing #trauma, stress and anxiety due to war and displacement.Full article: betweenbordersinternational.org/blog/we-love-r…