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  • Young Nigerians are tackling the stigma of mental health

    May 10, 2022 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Cross River

    Having seen first-hand the impact of colonial-era laws and lack of access to professional help on her struggle with depression, Elizabeth Ita founded the non-profit Stilt NG. Since 2019, it has trained 25 young volunteers familiar with mental health struggles themselves to create awareness on mental illness, reduce stigma, and encourage help-seeking behavior for other youth in the community.

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  • EU officials being trained to meditate to help fight climate crisis

    May 04, 2022 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Belgium, Brussels

    A group of European Union officials that deal with green policy are participating in meditation courses as a way to help with negotiations and create compassion and empathy when dealing with climate change issues. Early results from the first participants suggest that the training has helped them become more mindful and motivated to tackle the problems ahead and helped them cope with the sense of climate grief.

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  • Nigerian women fight skin bleaching, colorism in Africa 

    April 15, 2022 |

    Amjambo Africa |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Benin City, Edo

    The Embrace Melanin Initiative works to eradicate colorism and harmful skin practices, like skin bleaching. Since forming in 2018, the organization estimates that it has impacted over 10,000 people globally through speaking events, online and offline advocacy programs, and other dermatological and psychological services.

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  • Interrupting Cycles of Harm, Inside and Outside Prison Walls

    April 01, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States

    A growing number of programs are working to interrupt cycles of trauma and harm with currently and formerly incarcerated individuals. Beyond Violence uses curriculum co-designed by women currently incarcerated and uses peer co-facilitation to address the aggression and violence women have experienced personally, as well as been perpetrators of. The curriculum, which also highlights the impact of individuals’ communities, relationships, and social structures, improves mental health and facilitates long-term healing.

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  • Preventing Second Injury

    March 03, 2022 |

    Eugene Weekly |

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    Response Location: United States, Gresham, Oregon

    The Trauma Intervention Program (TIP) is deployed by first responders after a traumatic incident, like sudden death. Citizen volunteers are trained in “emotional first aid” and available to provide support 24/7. TIP has 14 affiliates nationwide, one of which responded to 213 calls between June 2019 and February 2020 with 100% reliability.

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  • How Vancouver's First United centres Indigenous healing

    February 11, 2022 |

    Broadview Magazine |

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    Response Location: Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia

    First United Church Community Ministry Society serves a majority Indigenous clientele with a transitional shelter and space for people to get their mail and use the phone, take a shower, receive a hot meal, and consult with advocacy workers. Centering Indigenous leadership is key to the organization’s mission to provide a safe place for Indigenous people to heal and rebuild their identities.

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  • More youths are becoming home caregivers. Experts say they need more help and support

    February 07, 2022 |

    WXXI |

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    Response Location: United States, Palm Beach County, Florida

    Programs like the American Association of Caregiving Youth (AACY) advocate for and provide support to youth caregivers who are responsible for caring for sick, elderly, or adults with disabilities at home. AACY’s Youth Caregiver Project provides support in school and at home by offering customized services based on each student’s needs, including tutoring, counseling and even connections to food resources or school supplies. AACY serves about 600 students in 30 schools each year. Since the Youth Caregiver Project began in the late 1990s, about 2,000 youth have completed the program.

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  • Can Farmers Help Each Other Navigate Mental Health Crises?

    February 01, 2022 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, Wisconsin

    Programs like Farm Well Wisconsin, offer behavioral and wellness services to help farmers experiencing mental health challenges. These programs provide mental health resources as well as training to identify signs of stress and employ active listening tactics. Since 2021, Farm Well Wisconsin has trained about 150 farmers and community members in these mental health skills.

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  • Without help, Philly kids who lost family to gun violence will 'self destruct.' So this grandmother gave them a getaway trip.

    November 22, 2021 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    The group Moms Bonded By Grief went beyond the support-group work it has done for years for survivors of gun violence homicide victims to take 50 children and their mothers and grandmothers to a Poconos Mountains water park and resort. The long-weekend respite from Philadelphia's relentless gun violence included group therapy for children and adults, enabling them to talk about topics that often get buried or ignored. The excursion, funded by donations, is planned to be repeated next summer.

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  • Home was a nightmare, then home was prison. Finally home is now a refuge.

    October 21, 2021 |

    Mother Jones |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Home Free is a small, transitional-housing program for women who served long prison sentences for crimes against or on behalf of their abusers. A population long neglected, the women are part of a community recovering from the trauma of prison and the trauma that put them there. Giving them autonomy, in ways typical re-entry programs do not, is key to their recovery. “Home Free is the culmination of a decades-long struggle by women to be seen and supported by a system that has condemned and ignored them.”

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