National Suicide Prevention Month, Week, and Day are honored each year in September. These important awareness events have been recognized for more than a decade, as mental health activists and practitioners across the country work to reduce the prevalence of suicide and provide support to those who struggle.
With events, screenings, activities, and more, Suicide Prevention Week and Month are catalysts for us to learn more, seek help, offer support, and open our hearts and minds to vulnerable conversations.
Pictured is a rare photo of Alexander McQueen at work behind the scenes at one of his iconic shows. Photo Credit: Nick Waplington
Lee Alexander McQueen CBE (17 March 1969 – 11 February 2010) was a British fashion designer and couturier. He founded his own Alexander McQueen label in 1992, and was chief designer at Givenchy from 1996 to 2001. Sadly in 2010 he took his own life unable to get a handle on his depression.
Runway of Dreams is a non-profit organization that works in conjunction with brands to create "a future of inclusion, acceptance and opportunity in the fashion industry for people with disabilities." Mindy Scheier created Runway of Dreams after her son, who has a rare form of Muscular Dystrophy, wanted to wear jeans to school but couldn't find styles without challenging buttons or zippers. She used her background in design to create a pair of adaptive jeans for him and saw his confidence skyrocket.
Photo Credit Runway of Dreams
April 20, 2023
In partnership with Black Girl Fest, Glossier is taking its grant program for Black-owned brands across the Atlantic to the U.K. Five founders will be selected for a 10 thousand pound equity-free grant and will take a 12-week curriculum on scaling businesses with access to Glossier's leadership team and external partners. Applications close May 9.
Art by Adeshola Makinde | poetryfoundation.org--April 1, 2023. In Joshua Bennett’s history of spoken word, poetry is alive and well thanks to a movement that began in living rooms and bars. Early in Spoken Word: A Cultural History (Knopf, 2023), Joshua Bennett assures the many parties keeping vigil over poetry that the ancient art remains alive and well in the United States. “Spoken word is the best possible rejoinder to anyone claiming that poetry in this country is dead or not relevant to younger... Read More
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