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BRING CHANGE TO MIND
Bring Change to Mind is a non-profit organisation dedicated to ending stigma and discrimination surrounding mental illness, to encouraging dialogue about mental health, and to raising awareness, understanding, and empathy. Through public service announcements, peer-to-peer student programmes, and a global story-telling movement, BC2M has reached more than 2 billion people – and counting.
Actress and activist Glenn Close co-founded Bring Change to Mind in 2010 after her sister, Jessie Close, was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and her nephew, Calen Pick, with schizoaffective disorder. Every individual who speaks out inspires another. And another. BC2M believes that’s how we’ll end the stigma around mental illness, and that’s how we’ll Bring Change to Mind.
From BC2M:
MISSION
To end the stigma and discrimination surrounding mental illness.
VISION
We create multimedia campaigns, curate storytelling movements, and develop youth programs to encourage a diverse cultural conversation around mental health.
NORTH STAR STATEMENT
BC2M activates and empowers you to join our fight to end stigma and discrimination surrounding mental illness. United, we will create and advance innovative approaches and partnerships to start conversations around mental illness, share resources, and tell stories so everyone can thrive in a stigma-free world.
To learn more about Bring Change to Mind, please click here.