Projects tagged "mental health"

Mental Health Care Revolution: FEEL IT!
Practitioner:
The Babyfacedassassin, Are You A Messenger Movie Project
Date:
Feb 1 2013
Artistic Activist, Charlotte Claire, is at the forefront of initiating revolutionary change in mental health care. Her project, The Babyfacedassassin, is dedicated to improving mental health care and inspiring people to care for their mental health.
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Healing Verse Poetry Hotline
Practitioner:
Trapeta B. Mayson
Date:
Jan 1 2021
Philadelphia poet laureate Trapeta B. Mayson launched the Healing Verse Philly Poetry Line (1-855-763-6792), a toll-free telephone line that offers callers a 90-second poem by a Philadelphia-connected poet. A new poem will be featured each Monday throughout 2021.
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1-800-273-8255
Practitioner:
Alessia Cara, Khalid
Date:
Apr 27 2017
Rapper Logic's song "1-800-273-8255" may have helped prevent a significant number of suicides around the time of its release, according to a study published Monday.
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Socially Distant: Stories from a world apart during COVID19 social distancing
Practitioner:
The People Phone
Date:
Jan 1 2020
How it works: 1. Call or text “hello” to (951) 963-3643 to share your experience. Make sure you’re in a quiet place. Maximum recording time is 10 minutes. 2. Please start by telling us where you’re calling from. Perhaps you can even paint a picture of your surroundings for anyone who listens. Then share what you want to say. 3. Hang up when you’re finished.
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Tá Pirando, Pirado, Pirou!
Practitioner:
Tá Pirando
Date:
Mar 3 2014
At Carnival, Where Challenging Normal Is the Norm By NADIA SUSSMAN and TAYLOR BARNES New York Times MARCH 2, 2014 RIO DE JANEIRO — Standing high atop a truck rigged with speakers, André da Silva Lisboa cried out to hundreds of drummers, dancers and costumed revelers gathering in the sun-drenched avenue below. “Carnival has arrived,” shouted Mr. da Silva Lisboa, 38, a samba singer. “Come to the streets! We’re freaking out!”
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Transforming Mental Health and Feminism through Art
Practitioner:
Sravy Attaluri
Date:
May 13 2021
She seeks to utilize her feminist art to spread awareness on mental health issues. Sravy is a nomad in her own right, and throughout her experiences in Asia she has noticed that there are stimas surrounding women's autonomy and how they handle mental health struggles.
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HeadSpace Magazine
Practitioner:
HeadSpace
Date:
May 11 2013
Express and Create, Solidarity and Support" is a slogan that summarises the aims of HeadSpace, a new, non-profit, artistic magazine that accepts submissions on the theme of mental health. It is entirely run by volunteers and mostly distributed for free in psychiatric wards and other places that cater to people with mental health problems. The first issue was launched in May 2013 in Dublin.
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Depression Quest
Practitioner:
Zoe Quinn
Date:
Aug 11 2014
Earlier this month, an anonymous message was posted to the discussion-board Web site 4chan. In it, the author threatened to hurt the video-game developer Zoe Quinn: “Next time she shows up at a conference we … give her a crippling injury that’s never going to fully heal … a good solid injury to the knees. I’d say a brain damage, but we don’t want to make it so she ends up too retarded to fear us.”
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Share The Love
Practitioner:
Superheroes
Date:
Apr 27 2018
We were ‘Superheroes’ and had fun, colourful, engaging activities which had a high visual impact with a purpose to engage the head, hand and heart. We believe that everyone has superpowers within and they just need to be released but that all superheroes need a rest in order be at their best for themselves and others.
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