WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange School District recognized Green Ribbon Week, held Sept. 19-23, in an effort to educate young people about ways to maintain good mental health practices, encourage adults to engage in practices that facilitate dialogue with young people, and make conversations about mental health as common as conversations about physical […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The Darren Clark Jr. Memorial foundation hosted a Back-to-School Mental Health Day at Watsessing Park in East Orange on Saturday, Aug. 27. The event served more than 100 underserved students from Essex County, providing backpacks or messenger bags filled with age-appropriate school supplies to students who participated in the four activities […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The Darren Clark Jr. Memorial, a nonprofit organization that serves as a bridge between education and positive mental health, will host a back-to-school mental health day on Saturday, Aug. 27, from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Watsessing Park in East Orange. This free event will include fun and food, and […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Seton Hall University’s Center for Community Research and Engagement social work professor Juan Rios and community practitioner in residence Jamila T. Davis were honored by the city of East Orange for their work in bringing the innovative Mental Health Peer Coaching program to high school students. Rios and Davis conducted the […]
NUTLEY, NJ — Nutley High School students and staff participated in their first Wellness Walk on May 20 to celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month. Students learned about the benefits of positive mental health and had the ability to donate online to the National Alliance on Mental Illness during the week of the event. “I had […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — South Orange–Maplewood Board of Education student representative Noah Morros asked the BOE for another social worker to be hired at Columbia High School, citing the number of students who are struggling with mental health issues, especially in the wake of the death of sophomore Cole Longworth at the end […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange High School senior Marley Dias joined with other young women who are working to impact their communities in the area of mental health to participate in a roundtable discussion at the White House on March 30. Dias discussed the Green Ribbon Week initiatives held at West Orange High School […]
NEWARK, NJ — On March 5, Metropolitan Riveters, a women’s professional hockey team representing New York and New Jersey in the Premier Hockey Federation, hosted a Mental Health Awareness Night at Prudential Center in Newark to help break the stigma around mental health in professional sports. The Riveters have formed a partnership with Baker Street […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange Village is celebrating the one-year anniversary of its Community Care & Justice program launch. Throughout March, the Community Care & Justice team will host a “Listen, Learn and Share” tour to identify further social service needs, share community wellness tips and trends, and seek donations to augment the pilot […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — In honor of Black History Month, Community Care & Justice recently collaborated with South Orange Trustee Summer Jones to host a conversation on black mental wellness. Each year, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History chooses a theme for Black History Month, with this year’s theme focused […]