Mission & Values
The NAN Project strives to reduce mental health stigma and prevent youth suicide by providing proactive peer-to-peer education through hopeful stories of lived experience to young people and their communities.
The NAN Project advocates for:
Acknowledging that mental illness is a very serious problem;
Accepting mental health challenges as illnesses of the brain, similar to physical ailments, which can be treated;
Providing access to treatment for all families and their children.
The NAN Project is the vehicle that delivers the education, prevention and intervention strategies to school staff, parents and their children using a safe and supportive school-based, peer-to-peer model.
Our Values
We aspire to create a safe and welcoming space where compassion, empathy, and understanding are at the heart of everything we do.
We embrace change as an opportunity for growth, remaining flexible, curious, and responsive to meet the needs of those we serve.
We intentionally seek diverse perspectives and work with schools, families, and community partners.
We are agents for social change who share stories of resilience to transform mental health perceptions, reduce stigma, and foster hope.
