988 Disapora Campaign for Mental Health

African woman in headwrap leaning against table scrolling on phone, depressed

Fun Times Magazine initiated the 988 Diaspora Campaign to move the African Diaspora to positive, affirmative action regarding their mental health, as well as to promote awareness and use of the federal 988 Mental Health Lifeline.

The campaign focuses on building a network of Black mental health professionals, community leaders and organizations to educate members of the African Diaspora–African American, African, Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Latino–in the Philadelphia Region on the importance of mental health treatment. The campaign is funded by the Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund.