We are aiming to de-stigmatize mental health and redefine what therapy looks like to promote healing and learning for and by our young people. Our community deserves a safe space for its young people to learn and explore social-emotional skills and mental health that doesn’t break the bank. Movement allows for a creative and fun way to meet your body where you're at and move towards wellness. We’ve seen the positive impact already of our programs and know we can make an even greater one!
With this opportunity, our project can help us fundraise money to have our own space and purchase more equipment and technology to better meet the needs of our participants. Additionally, this will help invest more time and staff into developing our current and future movement groups. We recognize the diversity of our community both from a cultural perspective and in abilities and aim to provide more movement spaces that are reflective of our community's needs and interests. Lastly, this project will allow us to increase our staff to build community partnerships with local schools, and organizations to create events and programs to support our youth's exposure to arts and wellness.
Learn More: https://www.socialskillsnyc.com/