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Relationships & Social Connection Challenges:

I challenge you, the students of Los Angeles, CA, to use spontaneous performance to open hearts, minds, and eyes in moments when you perceive them to be closed, inspiring greater empathy, understanding, and connection in your community.

Anna Deavere Smith

I challenge you to design a program that employs kindness interventions—both online and offline—in order to improve the collective mental health of our communities.

Taylor Parker

I challenge you to use art to preserve the cultural identities of your community and to collaborate with another community to celebrate your differences and similarities.

Charles “Lil Buck” Riley & Damian Woetzel

I challenge you to examine the concept of belonging as it pertains to mental health in your community, and create a program that not only supports the isolated, but also lays the groundwork for sustaining a culture of inclusiveness.

Jessica Gomez

I challenge you to use your power to heal the loneliness and isolation that weakens the health and wellbeing of our communities, by designing ways to strengthen meaningful connections between individuals.

Ann Kim

Relationships & Social Connection Solutions:

Anna Deavere Smith

West Adams

Creating opportunities and garnering support from the community to help our homeless population. We’re building bridges (we won the bridge building contest)!

Washington Prep High School

Bringing our students together to open their hearts, minds, and eyes. It's common sense!

Hamilton High School

Human Efforts Aimed at Relating Together (HEART) aspires to positively influence the lives of other students who may have difficulty keeping up with the standards and expectations of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD).

Banning High School

As Pilots we guide our community to safe harbor through acts of kindness and compassion. Pass the Ribbon!

I challenge you to design a program that employs kindness interventions—both online and offline—in order to improve the collective mental health of our communities.

Taylor Parker

G.R.O.W. NOLA

Our vision is to empower, support, and increase awareness for mental health in our community in New Orleans.

Love in Action

We envision a New Orleans where marginalized youth are valued by others and empowered to change their own self-image, actions and lives in a positive way to bring safety, joy and love to their communities.

PRIDE: Positive Recognition Involvement Development Emotional Health

PRIDE will break the stigma of mental health by creating safe spaces, resources, and supports to help students cope with mental health issues in a way that transcends the school community.

NOLA's Hope

Our vision is to provide universal, intercultural competent, and strength-focused services. Our vision promotes children's social-emotional development and raises awareness about mental health.

K.E.E.P (Kindness and Empathy Education Program) New Orleans

To uplift individuals who are equipped with the skills and understanding to foster a healthy state of mind through examples of kindness within themselves and their community.

I challenge you to use art to preserve the cultural identities of your community and to collaborate with another community to celebrate your differences and similarities.

Charles “Lil Buck” Riley & Damian Woetzel

Jessica Gomez

North Dallas High School

The Brains Behind It established a Mind Body Lab, which includes relaxing mechanisms that allow students to relieve tensions and stress.

L.G. Pinkston High School

West Dallas Upbeat promotes and provides opportunities for physical, mental, and social interaction to improve mental health.

H. Grady Spruce High School

P.E.A.C.E.'s mission is to help the isolated find peace and a sense of belonging in their everyday lives through a mentorship program.

Ann Kim

Samuell Connects

We are encouraging interaction between and support for students and staff at Samuell High School by utilizing social media and hosting community events where participants can learn more about addressing the issue of loneliness.

I Am Enough

We are creating a campaign that builds understanding of and compassion toward those experiencing loneliness by forming a strong, healing network among local churches, businesses, and schools.

Intention

Connection is contagious. Intention uses connections to cause a chain reaction of respectful behavior throughout our community. By encouraging teachers and students to interact in a non-academic setting, we can build these connections and reduce disrespectful behavior on our campus.

Remember the Times

By hosting a series of “Remember the Times” events, we will bring back old-fashioned face-to-face interactions that inspire and motivate others to connect back to what matters the most — cultivating meaningful relationships!

Allone

We are addressing loneliness by establishing a mentor and buddy system within our school that matches lower classmen with upper classmen to ensure their stay at Bryan Adams feels welcoming. We will expand throughout our school feeder pattern and aspire to impact our entire city.