Mayor Greg Fischer right now was joined by Emily Elizabeth, co-founder of MindFEST, Amanda Villaveces, director of Mental Health Lou and a licensed marriage and household therapist, Lauren Muir, of Martin and Muir Counseling, and Lamont Collins, founder and CEO of Roots 101 African American History Museum, to announce Louisville’s first ever MindFEST occasion that can be held throughout Psychological Well being Consciousness Month.
“Fighting points like melancholy and anxiousness is completely regular, particularly after residing in a world pandemic for greater than two years,” the Mayor stated. “Our lives have been altered an ideal deal and our group continues to be dealing with all of the lives misplaced to COVID-19. MindFEST is a approach we will all come collectively and lean on one another for assist.”
“Our group has skilled a collective trauma and we have to work on therapeutic. MindFEST is a tremendous alternative for our group to come back collectively to be taught, chortle and join. All issues that assist therapeutic for Louisville,” Villaveces stated.
MindFEST is a free group mind-strengthening occasion that can be infused with music, meals, leisure, artwork, yoga, distributors, panel discussions and extra. The aim of the occasion is to encourage group engagement round psychological well being matters, join folks with sources and reduce the general stigma of psychological well being.
“I actually consider that group connection has the ability to heal a group, which is why I needed to get entangled with MindFEST and produce this wonderful occasion to Louisville,” Villaveces stated. “We would like folks to know that psychological well being is a part of on a regular basis life and that there are a lot of sources in our group to assist look after our psychological well being. MindFEST is our staff’s approach of claiming, ‘We see you, we bought you, you are not alone.'”
MindFEST can be held from 10 a.m. to six p.m. on Saturday, Might 21, 2022, at Roots 101 African American Historical past Museum, situated at 124 N. 1st St.
“We needed to be concerned as a result of it includes folks. We’re a museum in love with folks and we all know proper now that the psychological well being concern for all communities is a matter we have to deal with,” Collins stated. “It’s essential that all of us have the instruments to outlive on a regular basis life itself.”
To assist assist the mission of MindFEST, the Louisville Bats is teaming up with the occasion for the 2022 season to current Psychological Well being Consciousness Night time at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Might 12 at Slugger Area. A portion of every ticket bought by Fevo will go to MindFEST.
There’s assist. In case you are considering of wounding your self or ending your life, you may textual content LOU to 741741 or name the Nationwide Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255. For an inventory of different psychological well being sources, go to the community mental health services page on louisvilleky.gov.
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ABOUT MINDFEST
MindFEST is a free group occasion that goals to scale back the stigma of psychological well being by encouraging group engagement and connecting folks with sources. MindFEST was based by Emily Elizabeth of the Questioning Thoughts Podcast accompanied by FAIF of FAIF Music leisure, Amanda Villaveces of Psychological Well being Lou, Lauren Muir of Martin and Muir Counseling and Randy Woodford of MindFULL model. They’re joined by Jasmine Presley of the Presley Publish, Renesha Martin of Martin and Muir Counseling, Shannon Paddymo of GOELS and Molly Flynn.
ABOUT LOUISVILLE METRO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH & WELLNESS
Louisville Metro Division of Public Well being & Wellness (LMPHW) is a nationally accredited, unbiased, tutorial well being division dedicated to reaching well being fairness and bettering the well being and well-being of all Louisville residents and guests.
