Meet Kelvin B. Young
#LetsFaceIt Kelvin B. Young wants people to know that they are more than the label some may use to describe them, that labels are only as stigmatizing as we allow […]
Meet Dustin Sclafani, aka EZ BlueZ
#LetsFaceIt Dustin Sclafani knows what it’s like to be on the outside. “My whole life has been a little off center,” says the singer known as EZ BlueZ in the […]
Meet Jazz Borst
#LetsFaceIt Jazz Borst wants people to know it’s okay not to feel okay. “I know for sure it’s difficult for a lot of folks to talk about how they’re feeling,” […]
Meet Laura Delano
#LetsFaceIt Some people internalize the stigma that comes from sharing a mental health diagnosis with feelings of self-shame. Laura Delano did precisely that…until she didn’t. It’s a story she hopes […]
Meet Megan Baker
#LetsFaceIt The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on many people’s mental health as society has struggled with isolation, a sense of uncertainty about the future, and anxiety about the illness […]
Meet Ym, fka Chad Browne-Springer
#LetsFaceIt “There’s space to relearn and unlearn the things we were taught as kids, or things we picked up and thought were true only to learn they weren’t.” It’s a […]
Meet Amy Wernicki
#LetsFaceIt The Me Too Movement may be helping to raise awareness about sexual assault and harassment in the workplace, but Amy Wernicki of Southington wants employers to realize that harassment […]
Meet Rich Hollant
#LetsFaceIt As the founder of the branding communications company CO:LAB, executive director of the nonprofit Free Center, commissioner of cultural affairs for the City of Hartford and a fine art […]
Meet Chion Wolf
#LetsFaceIt Chion Wolf is used to talking to and about people. For years, she produced and hosted The Mouth-Off, a live storytelling event at the Mark Twain House & Museum […]
Meet Nikki Adams
#LetsFaceIt People know yoga can help them stretch and strengthen. What they may not realize is that it can also help them heal—emotionally, spiritually, psychically. Nikki Adams is a certified […]
