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By Youth for Youth

Mental Health/Psychology-based
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OUR MISSION

Illness Not Weakness NC is a youth organization dedicated to destigmatizing mental health, raising awareness/advocating for mental health issues with the help of students and others alike. We aim to provide the youth with opportunities to get involved and do work that acknowledges psychology topics in the Charlotte community, as well as beyond. 

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PROGRAM OFFERINGS

Empowering Young Minds

People can create articles/blogs, art, stories, etc. to be published by INW. This includes: 

  • Articles:

  • Creative stories/personal essays

  • Podcast: members can gather and discuss a specific mental health/psychology topic or talk about different aspects of psychology that interest them. Members can also verbally share their experiences. 

  • Interviews

  • Compilation books

A team of volunteers who are dedicated to creating different tools that will be available on our website

  • Infographics

  • Art

  • Research

  • Cultural components

  • Discovery

Personal stories of mental health journeys are collected and shared on the INW website and Instagram. Anybody can submit (members included) 

  • Our Website has a form submission for people who wish to share their stories

  • Social media: snippets from these stories will have posts for it (with permission), people who wish to share their stories can create videos talking about their experience

Collaboration

We partner with local or schools groups to implement different services that teach individuals in the community about mental health, psychology, and well-being. 

  • Awareness:

  • Virtual

  • Peer Mentorship

Research Advocacy

Members participate in research that can be presented online and to their communities

  • Collect data

  • Interviews

  • Creation

  • Webinars 

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At Illness Not Weakness NC, we are dedicated to always working for the people. We look forward to any new ideas or proposals from others and are happy to discuss such  factors! Feel free to contact us via email or social media. 

Content

Resource Development

Storytelling/Testimonials

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