NAMI’s road to becoming the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization runs directly through Madison, WI. As NAMI Dane County enters into its 46th year of providing education, support, and advocacy for individuals living with mental illness and their families, we stop to reflect on our rich history of being leaders in the field of mental health.
In 1977, three mothers—Harriet Shetler, Bev Young and Nancy Abraham—each with a son with schizophrenia, met to discuss the challenges they shared raising a child with serious mental illness. These women, along with a group of committed family members and friends of persons with mental illness decided to share their concerns, seek support from one another, and explore solutions.
These committed individuals met for the first time on April 13, 1977 and from there, their mission to advocate for those with mental illness was clear.
In September 1979, with the assistance of Roger Williams from University of Wisconsin-Extension (UW-Extension), these dedicated individuals gathered for a National Conference at The Wisconsin Center in Madison. The title of the conference was “Advocacy for Persons with Chronic Mental Illness: Building a Nationwide Network.”
The organizers hoped for as many as 50 people but in fact 284 representatives from 59 groups (representing 29 states) attended. By the end of the conference, what started out as a small local group of grassroots advocates formed into a national group - the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI). Today, NAMI is based in Arlington, Virginia and comprises hundreds of local affiliates, state organizations, and volunteers who work to raise awareness and provide support and education that was not previously available to those in need.
Blooming With Self Care
Find Peace and Healing Through Meditation, Massage, and Growing a Garden
Summer provides the perfect time to get outside or develop a new inside hobby to stay away from the heat. It’s nice to keep in mind a few possible practices for self-care. Whether your practice involves seeking spaces for community or growth, seeking a clearer sense of self or sense of center through embodied practices, or even seeking out services for restoration and relaxation, there are a multitude of options for connecting to your mental health with intention and direction.
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Alex Booker, Manager Badger Rock Neighborhood Center https://www.facebook.com/ BadgerRockNeighborhoodCenter/
Alex Booker works through Rooted as the manager for Badger Rock Neighborhood Center and has his own history in food processes and growing. Booker’s main objective in the role is developing the space for the surrounding community by collaboratively bringing services, events, and other offerings to the center.
LaToya Ward, Licensed Massage Therapist and Founder of BeYoutifully Transformed www.beyoutifullytransformed.com https://www.massagebook.com/therapists/ MochaMassageandbodywrk/
Although it has been a few years since COVID-19 was on the forefront of community concern, rebounding from the effects of the pandemic has been crucial for community spaces and workers. One such space that is coming out of the other side of the pandemic re-energized is Badger Rock Neighborhood Center at 501 E Badger Road, right off the Beltline. The space is shared by both the Madison Metropolitan School District and Rooted, a Madison-based food justice organization.
Natasha Bounds, Yoga Practitioner and Instructor, and Mental Health Advocate Lived experience and embodied practice
“When I was brought on as the manager at Badger Rock, I was asked to really focus on healing,” said Booker. “We really wanted to make sure that we are creating space for community members to feel and see themselves, and have access to different programming that other people easily have access to.”
Booker emphasized the importance of providing more opportunities for people of color across ethnic and cultural communities to be in a space where putting their self-care first is centered through tapping into their genuine feelings and experiences.
Such practices are likely the first step to addressing mental health for many people.
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Article and photos by Isaac Trussoni
Badger Rock Neighborhood Center garden: a focus on healing.
Support Group
Schedule
Being Together Peer Support Group
NAMI Dane County has partnered with NAMI Wisconsin to offer a Peer Support Group that’s open to participants statewide. This group is open to adults (age 18+) who are living with a mental health condition.
2nd Thursday of each month at 6:30-8:00pm Location: Zoom. Monthly registration is required. Space is limited to 20 participants each month. Please visit: https://namiwisconsin.org/being-together/
Adult Mental Health Support Group (In Person)
Join us if: You are an adult living with a mental health condition. This group is not specific to any diagnosis - all are welcome.
1st, 3rd & 5th Mondays at 6:30pm-8pm Immanuel Lutheran Church (1021 Spaight St, Madison, WI 53703)
Adult Mental Health Support Group (Virtual)
Join us if: You are an adult living with a mental health condition. This group is not specific to any diagnosis - all are welcome.
2nd & 4th Mondays at 6:30pm-8pm
Family Mental Health Support Group (Virtual)
Join us if: You are a family or friend of an adult living with a mental health condition.
1st & 3rd Thursdays at 6:30pm-8pm
Women’s Mental Health Support Group (Virtual)
Join us if: You are a woman who is living with a mental health condition. This group is not specific to any diagnosis - all are welcome.
1st Wednesday of the month at 6:30pm-8pm
Young Adult Mental Health Support Group (Virtual)
Join us if: You are a young adult who is living with a mental health condition. This group is not specific to any diagnosis - all are welcome. Suggested age range 18-25. 1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays at 6:30pm-8pm
LGBTQIA+ Mental Health Support Group (Virtual)
Join us if: You are a member of the LGBTQIA+ community and are living with a mental health condition. Individuals who are still questioning, or do not have specific labels for themselves, are entirely welcome to the group. In addition, asexual, aromantic, pansexual, and other identities are all welcome. The group will be gender-affirming and welcomes all diverse genders. This group is not specific to any diagnosis - all are welcome.
2nd & 4th Tuesdays at 6:30pm-8pm
On behalf of NAMI Dane County staff and participants, we want to extend a huge THANK YOU to our volunteer support group facilitators. The work we do would not be possible without you. We are so grateful for your dedication to the mission of NAMI Dane County.
Natasha Bounds, dedicated yogi and part of RCC Sexual Violence Resource Center administration, learned what could help her start exploring her wellbeing while going through her own changes in life.
“I realized at that time that meditation, just breathing, just being present, could really help me focus and ground myself to not feel like I wasn’t in control,” Bounds recalled. “Then I decided to look further into yoga practice and see if there was a way to do that… I found Kundalini yoga and the breath practices that go along with that, and the mantras that go along with that.”
Discovering how effective yoga and meditation practices were for slowing down, Bounds decided to take the practice even further and seek out ways to share the practice with others.
Sharing practices of self-care and healing mental health through physical practice is also what drew licensed massage therapist LaToya Ward to her own practice rooted in sharing wellness. Ward has been working as a massage therapist for the last five years and advocates for mental health and empowerment through wellness with the platform she founded, BeYoutifully Transformed.
Ward recalled how her first massage lifted her out of a difficult mental space and left her feeling encouraged to provide others with the gift she had received.
“I was like, ‘Oh my gosh,’ I wanted to offer this to other people who don’t know massage or think it’s just a luxury,” said Ward. “For some people it is just a luxury, but for some people it helps a lot. It helps lower your stress, lower your anxiety, and even with insomnia. That’s how I got into massage. Once I started it, I loved it. It’s a stress free work environment for me. I like helping people feel better.”
They are practices that people are certainly interested in, according to Booker, who used his own experiences growing up in Madison as a guide when thinking about the potential of Badger Rock.
“It really creates space for Black and brown people to not have to choose between serving their community and being paid what they deserve to be paid for the amount of time, energy, and work that they put into those experiences,” Booker said. “I believe that’s kind of our goal is to continue to have these different wellness activities...Being able to do that, really having this space and making people feel like this is their space is something I believe is very important as a Madison native.”
While Ward’s goal is to provide a service of healing and wellness to others, she expressed those same feelings as some that can be felt in the process of giving. That balance pushes towards the goal of providing a reciprocal opportunity for people to develop self-care for themselves while also having capacity to bring others into the practice with them.
Booker’s focus on programming is also aligned with the food justice ideal of providing sustainable and affordable food options to the community. With Badger Rock holding space for a community garden, a few personal plots, chickens, and a couple of greenhouses, the evidence that food security and accessibility is intricately tied to mental wellbeing is visual.
Badger Rock Neighborhood Center stands as a space looking to directly combat negative experiences and
LaToya Ward, licensed massage therapist, founder of BeYoutifully Transformed. Photo by Angelica Euseary
disparities that directly affect mental health through opportunities such as the community markets held on Sundays throughout the summer and providing food relief to the surrounding community.
“Underserved communities feel like they can’t be critical and can’t have preferences over food, because you’re just taking what you have available,” added Booker. “I don’t want to have something that’s been sitting on the floor or you’re digging through moldy stuff trying to find good stuff. That’s very dehumanizing to be put in a place where you’re trying to feed your family, and so you’re trying to make your dollar stretch, but that means you have to have lower quality than what you would like to provide for your family. That just adds another layer of stress to communities that are already overstressed.”
These small everyday stressors that build over time are what many of us store inside and act as the source of mental and physical repercussions. Those withheld feelings can be physically felt through practices like massaging, and Ward as a practiced masseuse has firsthand experience watching the shift from physical release in muscle tension, to emotional and mental relief through letting go.
erything else and everyone else around you,” Bounds suggested. “If you come to my class, and you tell me that you have to lay in Shavasana for an hour and just breathe? Cool, do it. Give that to yourself. I’m not here to be like ‘Do this pose in this way.’ I’m here to help people be present in their bodies. I see that with a lot of people. There have been tears in the classes I’ve led because somebody finally just slowed down.”
“I feel like you’re just releasing what you have inside,” said Ward. “I just let them cry and I just still go on about my work. I ask, ‘Are they okay?’ Of course. They’re okay, so you just let them do what they do. You just don’t know what they’re going through in their life… Even if they get a deep tissue massage, I can make your deep tissue be relaxing, and most people fall asleep on the table. That’s just a compliment to me that I’m doing something.”
Ward revealed that the most successful massages will likely come from those who take the time to try and read their own body and develop their own massage preferences.
Bounds has also been met with tears in leading others through yoga and meditation practices that can often be the first steps for someone building skills to scan the body and feelings.
“Take those moments of self care at that point, just give yourself permission to not pay attention to ev-
Giving yourself the space to do things intentionally and regularly is something taught through yoga and meditation practices, but the space for those skills can be found everywhere.
Booker noted how those same skills that help people cope with and grow through their mental health are also instilled in youth through programming done at Badger Rock. The analogous relationship between tending and cultivating food and doing the same for our mental wellbeing is put on full display.
“I think it’s a balance of keeping their attention, and showing them that some things have consistency,” Booker explained. “Even in gardening, when we’re doing bed prep, sometimes they’ll be like, ‘We’re still doing bed prep?’ Yeah, it’s not just you do it for one hour and now you have a beautiful garden. It’s really showing there’s a process. You put in work into this, into the land and taking care of it. Then your reward is that you get access to all these beautiful things and all this amazing food, but you aren’t going to have that abundance if you don’t put in that time and that
Badger Rock Neighborhood Center offers different wellness activities, mindful that food security and accessibility are intricately tied to mental wellbeing.
Quite like how working on our mental health takes a continuous and self-motivated effort for growth, the youth also learn to develop skills and knowledge around what they are working towards so that they can model it for others and themselves.
As a living testament to the process of yoga and meditation as restoration and healing, constant practice is what built the skills Bounds uses to regulate her mental and physical health. Bounds stressed how important the practices can be for underserved populations or people who may have mental health challenges from past experiences, such as combat veterans.
“I think that these practices can really help to slow somebody down, if their brain is starting to ruminate, or they’re having a really bad day,” said Bounds. “When we do that, we get all tense and we start to protect ourselves. Teaching people to just drop your shoulders and take that deep breath and try to just be present in the moment, and not the whole sit here and clear my mind as I meditate. That’s not how meditation works. That’s not how our brains work. I had a great meditation teacher who used to talk about it as a train. It’s like standing at a train station. As a train comes in, that’s your thought. That’s the thought that’s happening in the moment, and you can acknowledge that thought. Then you let it go, like a train leaving the station.”
physical wellbeing in connection with mental health. Much like Ward’s consistent work putting mental health and wellness at the forefront of her practices and work with BeYoutifully Transformed, she is assured that to get the most benefit out of massage therapy, it needs to be done routinely.
“Of course, if you have a lot of knots and you’re really tight, one session is not going to do it,” Ward advised. “It will help but, you won’t be completely relieved. Some people come in twice a month, like every other week, until they feel better or until the knots are released or whatever. Some people come once a month just for maintenance, just to keep up, which I do recommend. Everyone that gets a massage, I feel like you should come at least once a month. If you come once for just a day and then don’t come back, and I don’t see you for like six weeks, then you’re back tight and it defeats the purpose.”
Natasha Bounds, Yoga Practitioner and Instructor, and Mental Health Advocate
Bounds spoke on looking forward to working with more people going through transitions in life in any form, and how these embodied practices can help navigate those changes.
Consistency is also the key when it comes to our
Ward’s daughter and our NAMI Dane County Youth Voice of the Year award winner, Arrianna Eubanks, is proof of how mental health advocacy spreads through those who take on the amazing work of sharing. With an upcoming event titled “I Matter You Matter We Matter,” Eubanks and her mother hope to provide new perspectives on mental health for youth in the area.
Between the dedicated work done by community workers, physical and mental health providers, as well as simply our friends and loved ones, we can start to identify and seek out all the spaces and opportunities the new season has to offer. Whether you find your wellness through physical activity, getting in community with others, or just relaxing through provided services or self-embodied practices, self-care is taking precedent for many and it is never too late to join in on the wave.
The 2024 Community Celebration was an evening of sharing stories and spreading awareness through art, community connection building, and honoring individuals who have exhibited excellence in the area of mental health service and advocacy.
Nearly 300 guests joined us at Madison Marriott West for an art exhibit (see page 10) which featured art by individuals who are affected by mental illness, either as an individual or a family member with lived experience. We featured art from artists at SOAR Case Management, Yahara House, The Layered Onion, Dane County Arts, the Edgewood College Art Department, along with many community members who answered our public call for art.
Community Celebration Highlights
An Evening of Sharing Hope
We were honored to have Dee from WJJO as our Guest Emcee and Uchenna Jones as our keynote speaker for the event. Additionally, our Executive Director, Jeanne McLellan, shared all of the ways in which NAMI Dane County has thrived in the last year and what our goals are moving forward.
We are grateful for the opportunity to have shared an evening with our community in celebration of all that we have accomplished and in anticipation of all that we have yet to do.
Photos: Daniel Stout Photography
Introduction by Jamie Mulry
Recognition Awards
Perhaps the most powerful part of the evening was the Recognition Awards Ceremony. NAMI Dane County honored seven individuals who have made an extraordinary impact on our community and hearing their stories was both uplifting and inspiring.
Please join us in congratulating our 2024 Recognition Award Recipients.
Alma Taeuber Service Award
Whitney Cook
For a NAMI Dane County volunteer who is dedicated to improving the lives of people with mental illness and has made significant contributions to furthering the mission of our organization.
Jim Hinsberger Award for Excellence
Tim Decorah
For a person with lived experience with mental illness who has served as a role model by working towards wellness and stability and making a special contribution to the community.
Mental Health Trailblazer
DeAnne Boegli
For a community member whose vision, passion and leadership skills have helped blaze a new trail to benefit individuals impacted by mental illness.
Recognition of Service
Dr. John Battaglia
In recognition of years of service and commitment to those who are impacted by mental illness.
Youth Voice of the Year Arrianna Eubanks
For a youth or young adult aged 15-25 who uses their lived experience to bring greater public awareness to youth mental health and has played a significant role in linking their peers to community mental health resources.
CIT Officer of the Year
Sergeant Jared Prado, Madison Police Department
For law enforcement officers or first responders who have shown leadership and excellence in the area of community responses to mental health crises.
Nancy Abraham
Advancements in Advocacy Award
Sita Diehl
For a community member committed to ensuring positive outcomes for those affected by mental illness through advocacy. This is the inaugural year of this award which is in honor of one of the original founders of NAMI, Nancy Abraham.
2024 award winners: Sergeant Jared Prado, Dr. John Battaglia, Tim Decorah, Whitney Cook, Arrianna Eubanks, Amy Callender (on behalf of DeAnne Boegli, Sita Diehl. Photo: Daniel Stout Photography
Community Celebration Art Exhibition
Photos: NAMI Dane County
On April 29th, I celebrated two years of recovery from Substance Use Disorder!
On May 4th I turned 49, and that’s not all. On May 11th, I proudly walked across the stage to receive my Bachelor of Science degree from the School of Human Ecology at UW Madison. My focus in Community & Nonprofit Leadership was bolstered by a certificate in Disability Rights and Services.
Comprehensive Community Services (CCS)
Oleka’s Journey: Sobriety & Mental Health
The loss of my life partner in 2016 sent me spiraling into grief, exacerbating my struggles. It took everything in me to seek help, and eventually, I found myself in my first residential inpatient treatment facility. I stayed sober for almost a year until 2020 brought with it the challenges of COVID-19 and another significant trauma.
The victories don’t stop there! After five years without one, I finally have my driver’s license back. It’s a small victory, but it represents a big step forward in my journey.
Then there’s my daughter, who’s achieving milestones of her own. She graduated high school a year early while also juggling a part-time job. It’s incredible to think how far we’ve come, especially considering the challenges we faced after our family’s loss in 2016.
Back then, I was grappling with severe mental health struggles dating back to my adolescence, compounded by Substance Use Disorder. Psychiatric hospital stays, countless medications, and therapy sessions— it’s been a long road. Through it all, I’ve been diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder, Generalized Anxiety, Complicated Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Substance Use Disorder.
“CSS provided me with the resources I needed to decide what was best for me.” —Oleka
This trauma not only affected me but also deeply impacted my daughter, manifesting in her as anger and an inability to process her emotions. Recognizing the urgency, I enrolled our family in a crisis program called Children Come First—a Madison-based initiative aimed at stabilizing youth in mental health crises and providing pathways to ongoing support.
Although the program was initially intended to last nine to twelve months, our journey took longer—almost two years, to be exact. From there, we seamlessly transitioned into Comprehensive Community Services (CCS) through Dane County Human Services in 2018. The program has been instrumental in our continued growth and success.
Article and photos by Oleka Parker
When I joined CCS, I knew that I needed help with substance use and mental health, but I wasn’t sure if I was ready to completely stop using substances. I liked how they didn’t push me into recovery in CCS, but rather let me map out my own journey throughout the program and provided me with the resources I needed to decide what was best for me. Once I had been in the program for a few months, I realized that seeking recovery from Substance Use Disorder was something I needed to do if I wanted to improve my mental health. I attended my second residential inpatient substance abuse treatment for 30 days in April of 2022 with assistance from the CCS program. Following treatment, I was able to take advantage of many of CCS’s services and programs.
waiting list. Each six months, you write new goals and meet with your service facilitator and the rest of your team. You have to go through the screening process every year to determine if you are eligible for the CCS program.
Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services administers the CCS program. The program is available to children and adults. CCS helps people with needs that, if ignored, could lead to being hospitalized. On a county and tribal level, each county runs its own program. In order to achieve this goal, CCS strives to help everyone live their lives to the fullest extent possible. They accomplish this by providing services for those struggling with mental health or Substance Use Disorders. This program stabilizes and addresses mental health and substance use issues.
In the event that you are found to be eligible for the program, you are presented with a list of service facilitation providers. Service facilitators help you build your provider team, similar to case managers. One of the great things about CCS is that they provide a wide range of services such as art therapy, equestrian therapy, and psychotherapy for my daughter. In my own experience, I have done psychotherapy, alcohol and other drug abuse (AODA) counseling, personal training, and yoga therapy in both individual and group settings. Furthermore, I have experience working with women’s groups, dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) groups, and housing and employment specialists.
Oleka’s daughter participated in equine-assisted therapy through Triquestrian Inc (www.triquestrian.com)
In addition to meeting basic needs like housing, education, and work, self-management includes physical and social health. Some of the services provided include: Diagnostic tests help to manage medicines, job-related skills training, peer support, personal and/or family psychoeducation, physical health monitoring, psychotherapy, screening and assessment, skill growth and refinement, substance use treatment, and wellness management and recovery.
In order to enroll in the program, you must go through a screening process. Occasionally, there is a
My daughter will tell you, “One of the best things is if you don’t like the person you get you can always choose a new person.” You are able to pick and choose your own team. My daughter’s therapist even came and met with her weekly at school as she was in school full time.
Our family has been saved by the Comprehensive Community Services Program. The partnerships we have developed with our providers, as well as the work my daughter and I have put into recovery, have enabled us to achieve a life we never imagined possible not too long ago. We appreciate the support we receive from our providers. Our experience with this program has been invaluable and has inspired us to take on our challenges head on. We are extremely grateful for this opportunity.
Oleka Parker interned with NAMI Dane County during her final semester of school.
For information about CCS: https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/ccs/index.htm
NAMIWalks Save the Date
October 5 Olin Park
Registration is open for NAMIWalks 2024!
Funds raised through NAMIWalks support NAMI’s free top-rated programs while spreading awareness, reducing stigma, and creating inspirational bonds among so many mental health supporters.
In addition to individuals and groups of NAMIWalkers, we are grateful to our Presenting sponsors:
Advocate vs Activist: Either, Neither or Both?
Recently I was asked to do a presentation about advocacy and it got me thinking. While I definitely saw the request as an opportunity to educate the audience and encourage them to become advocates, could the topic also be used as a springboard to invite, (perhaps challenge?) folks to be both advocate and activist? Over time, it appears that the differences between these two words have become blurred and, to many, one may have a positive connotation (advocate) and the other, negative (activist). So, let’s explore the functions of each and ask two questions: 1.) What does it mean to be an activist or an advocate? and 2.) Can both be true at the same time?
Eva Marie Lewis first entered the activism world after the murder of Trayvon Martin. She protested alongside her mother in Chicago and has been grassroots organizing ever since. Her descriptions of advocate and activist really resonated with me. Here’s what she had to say on this topic:
“To be an activist is to act on behalf of solving social and political issues. It is to be at the forefront of a movement, oftentimes compromising your own energy in order to seek justice and evoke change. To be an activist is to speak. To be an advocate is to listen. Society can’t move forward without both. To be an advocate is to speak and learn about social and political issues. It is to bring attention to an injustice, subsequently aiding the activist in their fight against that same injustice. Although different, both are necessary in order to create systemic change. Without one, the other cannot function.”
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Eva Marie Lewis
Activists focus on creating real systemic change. Advocates help them to get there. To further this
distinction, let’s explore a couple of examples:
An activist is a person who makes an intentional action to bring about social or political change.
Example: Rosa Parks was a civil rights activist who challenged racial segregation in 1955 by refusing to give up her seat on a bus for a white man.
An advocate is one who speaks on behalf of another person or group.
Example: Don Cheadle advocates on behalf of Save Darfur. It’s led him to take trips to the continent, to lend his famous face to ad campaigns and to cowrite a book on the Sudanese genocide, Not on Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond.
As we can see, advocates and activists have different AND complementary roles. Can I be both and not throw myself into a dichotomy of functionality? I believe the answer is a resounding “yes!”
How can you be strong in either role? Make sure you:
1. Articulate your issue and why you care about it.
2. Identify a plan of action - rally, march, email campaign, social media blitz
3. Do your homework, get your facts straight and keep your knowledge up to date.
4. Know your audience - Who are your allies? What’s the best method of communication?
5. Craft a message. There is strength in numbers. How do you convince people that change is needed?
6. Put your plan into action and share your message.
7. Measure your success. What’s working? What’s not working and needs to be changed?
Jeanne McLellan, NAMI Dane County Executive Director
Are you interested in becoming a NAMI Dane County Advocacy Committee Volunteer? Follow this link to learn more!
https://www.namidanecounty.org/volunteer
In Service, Jeanne McLellan
What is the
Advocacy Activism
Difference?
Advocacy involves working within existing systems and channels to influence policies or public opinion.
Advocacy involves working within existing systems and channels to influence policies or public opinion.
Advocacy can involve lobbying, education, and engaging with decision-makers.
Activism often challenges and disrupts existing systems to create change.
Activism often challenges and disrupts existing systems to create change.
Activism often includes protests, boycotts, civil disobedience, and grassroots organizing.
Advocates often work to influence policies and laws.
Advocacy can involve lobbying, education, and engaging with decision-makers.
Advocacy can be carried out by individuals or organizations representing a particular cause or interest.
Advocates often work to influence policies and laws.
Advocacy often seeks to address specific concerns or rights related to a particular cause.
Advocacy can be carried out by individuals or organizations representing a particular cause or interest.
Advocacy often seeks to address specific concerns or rights related to a particular cause.
Activism often includes protests, boycotts, civil disobedience, and grassroots organizing.
Activists aim to challenge and transform societal norms and structures.
Activists aim to challenge and transform societal norms and structures.
Activism typically involves collective action, often driven by grassroots movements.
Activism typically involves collective action, often driven by grassroots movements.
Activism can encompass broader social, political, or cultural change efforts.
Activism can encompass broader social, political, or cultural change efforts.
And remember, educate yourself on today’s issues and candidates so you can . . . #Vote4MentalHealth
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