Step Up for Mental Health® shares news stories or key information that touch the lives of families and underserved individuals in media. As peers who have been where you are in the mental health community, we hope sharing stories of hope, inspiration and courage can help one family at a time heal.
Learning About Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
“Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) have a tremendous impact on future violence victimization and perpetration, and lifelong health and opportunity. Working together, we can help create neighborhoods, communities, and a world in which every child can thrive.” Learn some of the facts that affect families dealing with mental health and their caregivers in the home.
Using stories and song to dispel the stigma of mental illness
Posted on Feb 24, 2018 – The Baltimore Sun
This Is My Brave,” a Virginia-based nonprofit that aims to end the stigma surrounding mental health issues by “sharing personal stories of individuals who are living successful, full lives despite mental illness through poetry, essays and original music, on stage and in front of a live audience.”
Naperville North freshmen Put Focus on Mental Health in Fundraising Run
Posted on May 19 2017 – Chicago Tribune/ Naperville Sun
Naperville North High School helps student peers host a walk and run to educate participants where they can seek mental health support and raised money along the way.
