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Global Day for Hope Supports 350 Million with Depression

May 18, 2015 By Kathryn Leave a Comment

The International Foundation for Research and Education on Depression (iFred) launched its first annual Global Day for Hope on May 2, 2015, to support the 350 million people living withContinue Reading

Filed Under: Depression, Events, Health, iFred, Inspiration, Mental Health, Movement for Global Mental Health, Suicide Prevention, Sunflowers, Youth Tagged With: depression, depression advocacy, Education, end stigma, eradicate stigma, global day for hope, global mental health, health, hope, hope is teachable, hopelessness, iFred, international depression blog, movement for global mental health, rebranding depression, suicide prevention, Sunflowers, teach hope

Inspiring HOPE: One School At A Time

May 11, 2015 By Kathryn Leave a Comment

iFred launched Schools for Hope in Fall 2014 in two Chicago-area school districts (Woodland Intermediate School in Gurnee, Ill., and Oakland School in Antioch, Ill.) with the goal of expandingContinue Reading

Filed Under: Depression, Health, iFred, Inspiration, Mental Health, Research, Schools for Hope, Suicide Prevention, Sunflowers, Teens, Tips and Tools Tagged With: depression, depression advocacy, Education, end stigma, eradicating suicide, hope, hope is teachable, hopelessness, iFred, schools for hope, suicide prevention, teach hope, teens

Inspiring HOPE: Around the World

April 29, 2015 By Kathryn Leave a Comment

Did you know that Schools for Hope is not just a program available in the U.S., but is internationally inspiring HOPE? This year the program will not only be taughtContinue Reading

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Teaching Hope: A Powerful Lesson

November 4, 2014 By Kathryn Leave a Comment

iFred’s recent project, Schools for Hope, launched this fall with fifth graders in the Chicagoland area. The curriculum aims to teach hope to students as a result of the dishearteningContinue Reading

Filed Under: Artwork for Hope, Children, Depression, Education, Health, iFred, Inspiration, Meditation, Mental Health, Movement for Global Mental Health, Research, Schools for Hope, Suicide Prevention, Sunflowers, Teens, Uncategorized, Youth Tagged With: Choices Magazine, depression, depression advocacy, end stigma, finding hope, health, hope, hope is teachable, hopelessness, iFred, mental health, Penny Tate, Scholastic, schools for hope, suicide prevention, Sunflowers, teach hope

Artwork Inspires a Message of Hope Among Students

July 22, 2014 By Kathryn 9 Comments

April 4th, 2014 was a day of true celebration. Students gathered in the heart of campus at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte to witness the dedication of aContinue Reading

Filed Under: Art Therapy, Artwork for Hope, Branding, Events, Everyday Heroes, iFred, Inspiration, Sunflowers, Uncategorized Tagged With: Art for Hope, Cindy Ballero, end stigma, iFred, mental health, rebranding depression, Sunflowers, The Respite, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Shining a Light for Depression: An Invitation to Plant Hope

May 15, 2014 By Kathryn Leave a Comment

Many of us recognize the unfortunate stigma that remains in society when it comes to openly discussing our own or our loved ones depression and/or mental health. Yet, as PaoloContinue Reading

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