Youth Speak on Mental Health on Fox 25 News!

Tonight, The NAN Project helped high school students involved in youth advocacy in their communities talk about mental health on Fox 25 News! Five students joined from La Colaborativa in Chelsea, two from Youth Action in Wakefield, and two from Mental Health Ambassadors in Gloucester. We’d like to give a big thank you to Kerry Kavanaugh and the Boston Fox News team for giving the students the opportunity to talk about what mental health has looked like in their schools. Each of these incredible students are passionate about improving mental health in their communities and we’re so glad we had the opportunity to connect with them. The segment is set to air in a few weeks, we hope you check it out!

Presentations to 232 Students in Chelmsford and Lowell

Over the past two days, we’ve presented to 134 students at Chelmsford High School and 98 students at Lowell High School. It was great to start off the new year speaking to so many young people about mental health!

Presentations to High Schools in Burlington, Swampscott, and Lynn

Over the past two days, we’ve presented to 66 students at Swampscott High School and 38 students at Burlington High School, as well as the Diversity and Equity Inclusion Club at Lynn Classical High School. Our team also spent last week delivering the donations from our Holiday Drive to the YouForward access center in Lawrence and Youth Elemento in Chelsea. It was great to start conversations at these three schools and further material support for youth before the New Year! 

Presentations to 87 Students at Gloucester High School

Today we presented to 87 students at Gloucester High School! One of our Peer Mentors is originally from Gloucester, we were so grateful to have his voice in the room. It was wonderful to have conversations about what therapy is like, cultural barriers to mental healthcare, and how to speak to a friend who may be struggling with a mental health challenge.

Presentations to 58 Students at Woburn Memorial High School

Today we presented to 58 students at Woburn Memorial High School. We appreciated the questions as well as the calming and encouraging environment we are always received with at Woburn. Two of our Peer Mentors presented their comeback stories for the first time in classrooms and they did an excellent job. We can’t wait for their stories to reach more students!

Presentations to Over 450 Students in Everett, Lynn, and Beverly

This week was busy and filled with rich conversation! We presented to 300 students at Everett High School, 67 students at Thurgood Marshall Middle School, and 86 students at Hamilton-Wenham High School. This was our first time presenting at Thurgood Marshall Middle School in Lynn, and at Everett High School, some of our Peer Mentors told their comeback stories in Spanish. We’re very proud that our team has expanded to share mental health education with a larger group of youth!

Presentations to Students in Winchester, Randolph, and North Reading

Over the past three days, we’ve presented to 68 students at McCall Middle School in Winchester, 16 students at Randolph High School, and 40 students at North Reading High School. At Randolph, our team also presented QPR Suicide Prevention Training. Each class had such great questions, we were happy to spark so many conversations about mental health.

Presentations to Billerica Memorial High School, North Reading High School, and Northern Essex Community College

Today our team split up and presented to nearly 150 students at Billerica Memorial High School, North Reading High School, and Northern Essex Community College!

BAMSI’s Transgender Day of Remembrance at Brockton Public Library

Today, our team joined BAMSI’s Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) at the Brockton Public Library to honor lives lost to anti-trans violence. To learn more about the history of Transgender Day of Remembrance and how to get involved, check out: https://www.glaad.org/tdor 

First Presentations to Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School in Methuen

Over the course of this week we presented to 60 11th grade students at Notre Dame Cristo Rey HS in Methuen! This was our first set of presentations to the school, but Counselor Thibodeau was no stranger to our programming. We presented to her class at Merrimack college while she was studying to be a school counselor,  and we are so happy to have reconnected and to speak with her students about mental health this year!