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We are delighted to welcome you and want to start by sharing some helpful information, in case you want to do even more to end the stigma surrounding mental illness.
Below are 5 ways you can get involved with This Is My Brave right now.
Thank you again for your desire to join us in ending the stigma around mental illness. We can't do it without you.
Sincerely, Jennifer Marshall, and the entire This Is My Brave family
Here are just a few ways you can make an even greater impact on ending stigma. Pick an option (or two or three!) that matches your desire for involvement. The choice to participate is up to you!
1. Share a story
We want to share as many stories as we can with fans and supporters of This Is My Brave, and this means we need to hear from you!
Can you tell us what This Is My Brave means to you and why ending stigma is so important to you?
If you saw a This Is My Brave show, can you share the impact it had on you?
We are always looking for talented guest bloggers.
If you are interested in sharing your story with us, please click here.
Your life is busy. Your time is valuable. You believe that sharing stories is one of the best ways you can end the stigma around mental illness.
Our Brave Champions monthly giving program makes it easy and affordable to support the storytellers who bravely share their lived experience with others.
Even seemingly small monthly gifts add up to make a huge impact.
Brave Champions contribute at least $10 per month, and that investment ensures more people can share their powerful and hopeful stories of their struggles with and recovery from mental illness through This Is My Brave.
Our National and Local Sponsors help make our shows possible through their generous support of our mission to end the stigma surrounding mental illness and addiction through storytelling.
If your organization wants to help change the conversation around mental health, we would love to connect with you. We have sponsorship packages available, as well as advertising opportunities in our show programs.
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Mr. Coyhis will introduce the concept of Wellbriety as balance and connection to the natural laws that create healing within the native community. He will present concepts of the current impacts of Intergenerational Trauma. A combination of immense losses and traumatic events that have perpetrated an entire culture need healing as natives across the nation are encouraged to seek to reinstate cultural ways, language and sacred traditions. The unfortunate consequences of trauma include not believing you have a future, difficulties within families and a distrust of the outside world. Mr. Coyhis will describe how we can be more effective in recovery and prevention strategies by integrating cultural knowledge. Healing will take place through application of cultural and spiritual knowledge.
In this presentation we will talk about:
Understanding Intergenerational Trauma - Government Run Boarding Schools
Integrating Cultural Knowledge
The power of Ceremony and Plant Medicines
Presenter:
Don Coyhis
President
White Bison, Inc.
Don Coyhis, Mohican Nation currently lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He is the President of White Bison, Inc., an American Indian 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation dedicated to creating and sustaining a grassroots Wellbriety Movement that provides culturally based healing to the next seven generations of Indigenous People. Through the leadership of White Bison, the Wellbriety Movement has taken a prominent role in the recovery of many Native Americans and their communities. Don has published many Wellbriety books and resources. For over 30 years, Don has been called upon to provide technical assistance by national policy organizations such as the White House Office of Drug Control Policy, SAMHSA, and other national recovery organizations to develop culturally-based prevention and recovery programs for Indigenous communities. He has also received many prestigious awards, including the 2009 Purpose Prize.
