{"id":24578,"date":"2025-10-15T10:49:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T15:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/?page_id=24578"},"modified":"2025-10-30T15:10:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T20:10:45","slug":"advocate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/es\/support\/advocate\/","title":{"rendered":"Defensor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gb-element-281bbc8a\">\n<div class=\"mhfa-container-wdith gb-element-9a4f1e48\">\n<div class=\"gb-element-ba41fdcf\">\n<h2 class=\"gb-text mhfa-h1-heading gb-text-279cd9c2 animated fadeInUp\">Be an Advocate!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-text mhfa-paragraph-style gb-text-d98b1a91 animated fadeInUp delay-200ms\">Mental Health First Aid is a program of the National Council for Mental Wellbeing. As part of the MHFA community, you can support mental wellbeing by sharing your story and communicating with your elected officials. 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