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International Day of Peace

September 30, 2021 By Kathryn Leave a Comment

September 21, 2021 was the International Day of Peace, an event created by the United Nations to celebrate strengthening the ideals of peace around the world. This year, iFred celebratedContinue Reading

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INSPIRING HOPE: Demi Lovato Inspires People to Be Vocal

May 29, 2015 By Kathryn Leave a Comment

Singer/songwriter Demi Lovato has been an outspoken advocate for mental health since being diagnosed and treated for bipolar disorder. “Getting a diagnosis was kind of a relief. It helped meContinue Reading

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Bailey

May 5, 2015 By Kathryn Leave a Comment

What Brings Me Hope: My Story Depression is a very common thing being diagnosed in teens nowadays. About 1 in 4 people will have or already have depression. I thinkContinue Reading

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Teaching Hope to Prevent Suicide, One Child At A Time

March 25, 2015 By Kathryn Leave a Comment

Can you teach children how to have hope? That is the question we at the International Foundation for Research and Education on Depression (iFred) set out to answer severalContinue Reading

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Inspiring Hope: The Imitation Game’s Graham Moore

February 23, 2015 By Kathryn Leave a Comment

What better place to find inspiration and HOPE than from last night’s Academy Awards. While accepting his Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Imitation Game, Graham Moore delivered a moving appealContinue Reading

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Inspiring Hope: A Q&A with Iyanla Vanzant

January 23, 2015 By Kathryn Leave a Comment

This content was originally from an interview iFred founder Kathryn Goetzke conducted with Iyanla Vanzant for her book “Peace from Broken Pieces” and has been reedited for this post. Vanzant isContinue Reading

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