January 31 at 3P.M., in what can only be described as a twitter chat psychedelic frenzy at WEGO Health, #HAAwards announced their Health Activists award/s winners.  I was nominated for two different awards and was a finalist for another (see: Chato Stewart Makes The Cut! – Health Activist Award Finalists: Hilarious Health Activist). This was my first full participation in a twitter chat, there must’ve been over 200 people tweeting and re-tweeting the same messages of “congratulations” to all the award winners.

Nonetheless, you’re here for the answer to the real question… Did Chato Stewart who was a Hilarious Health Activist Award Finalist win the award?

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WEGO Health is a social media online health community with health activists from every sort of health condition! Focusing on the top 10% of  influencers, organizers, connectors, leaders and contributors are passionate about helping others lead healthier lives.

This past year (2011) they started the Health Activist Awards.  I was nominated for two awards from my peers.  The nominations were given to Health Activist Judging Panels to pick their favorites out of all the nominees. It was a time-intensive task and the  judges took the responsibility quite seriously.

Let’s look at the Hilarious Health Activist Award Finalists. One of these will be the winner – but all are incredible Health Activists that you should know.

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Sign in Yard: [Toxic Emotions]

Sign On Door: Home Sweet home

Written On the Door : Hurt, Sadness, Shame, Fear, Anger, Hate,  Jealousy, Envy and Rage.

Caption: Is Your House A Castle or a Toxic Dump?

I grew up in a Toxic Dump! No, really. It was rumored that back in the 50s, the projects I grew up there was an illegal toxic dump site. Back  then the housing development was just a swamp.

I grew up in an emotionally toxic environment as well.

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On January 14th, I was so privileged to be invited to display my cartoons at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall for the Sunshine from Darkness Symposium. It was a FREE COMMUNITY EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM OPEN TO THE PUBLIC for friends, family, health care professionals and those personally diagnosed with any form of mental illness.

I was there last year and had a blast. A local printer printed up my cartoons and I gave them away to my peers. This year the printer could not help out.  I had to print them myself. My end cost was $250.00 — OUCH, but I knew that they would get into to the hands of people who could appreciate them.

Boy did they! My table was so swamped with peers grabbing my cartoons and samples of BP HOPE and Esperanza Magazines that I could not take many pictures.

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Medication Bottles: [Painting Tic-Tacs half blue to look like pills and medication capsules.]

Caption: Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals!

Should you be worried that your Pharmaceuticals are counterfeit? Are your SSRI’s…”SSR-NOTS”?!  The FDA has seen an increase of medication fakes hitting our shores lately.  While most are not psychotropics or common meds for Bipolar, Depression or Anxiety, it does make one wonder and worry (a cause for real concern.)

A worthy topic for discussion: Do you know, for sure, the pills you swallow are not sugar pills? Or worse…a watered-down, weaker version of much-needed medication?!

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