Let’s Talk About the Elephant in the Room: Mental Illness – The Yellow Tulip Project
with Shelby Cronkite & Suzanne Fox
January 27th to February 10th, 2021
Ellsworth Adult Education is partnering with The Yellow Tulip Project, a youth driven, non-profit organization based out of Portland, Maine, to bring conversations about mental health to you! The YTP focuses on smashing the stigma surrounding mental illness and building communities of people who realize that hope happens when youth and community leaders work together.
Mental illness is that silent elephant in the room that no one wants to talk about but everyone should. Let's Talk About Mental Health provides a safe and interactive space to learn more about mental health and what we as community members can do to reduce the stigma that surrounds the topic.
This three-session course is designed to help community members develop useful skills for talking to young adults about these issues. The course will be divided into three distinct modules with plenty of time for discussion and reflection.
To learn more about The Yellow Tulip Project, go to https://theyellowtulipproject.org/
Module One: Talk Saves Lives: This is the AFSP’s important program that helps people recognize the signs for suicide prevention;
Module Two: Facing Stigma: Creating Solutions: A dialogue and discussion on how to reduce stigma, using photos from the I Am More: Facing Stigma photo exhibit; and
Module Three: A panel discussion with our student ambassadors and mental health professionals.
This is a live online course.
The course will be offered on ZOOM. You will receive and email when you register and then an email will follow with ZOOM access information. Suppport and a practice session will be provided for those new to ZOOM.
If you have questions, please contact us at adultedinfo@ellsworthschools.org or leave a message at 207.664.7110 and we will return your call.