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Summary

Get in the creative muck and make something meaningful. Your art can be whatever YOU want it to be!
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Impact

This initiative feeds two birds with one scone: it serves as a form of self-care, and helps spark conversations around mental health in your community and social groups.
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Ideal for...

  • Anyone looking to express themselves - you do NOT have to be a professional artist!
  • Anyone wanting to start the conversation around mental health in their community
  • Anyone who may be isolated and looking for a powerful form of self-care
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Time Commitment

4 hrs in total. See details

How This Initiative Works:

Create. Express. And reap the benefits on your mental health!

What Happens When I Sign Up:

Once you sign up for this initiative, we’ll send you an email with all the digital tools you need to complete it. The email should appear within 5 minutes. If it doesn’t, check your trash or email dosomething@jack.org.
 
We’ll also send you your Do Something initiative card to post on social media, and a playing card to post to challenge a friend to Do Something.

Sign up for this initiative to download your card

Jack.org will not share your data or information from this survey with the Government of Canada. The Government of Canada will not have access to the results of this survey at any time. Jack.org will use this information to improve the Do Something experience, and to keep in touch with you about our work in mental health. You can unsubscribe your email at any time or email hello@jack.org if you have questions.

The Story Behind This Initiative:

I grew up struggling with my mental health, and experienced the effects that the arts had, both negatively and positively on mental health in my community. I saw the specific struggles that artists face in their pressure to create, as well as the benefits of having a healthy outlet for self expression. 

The arts provide a universal means for connection, and connection is something that we are all missing right now. Luckily, you do not have to be a professional artist to feel the positive effects that the arts have on your mental health. Whether you decide to share a song you wrote on social media, or just take some time for yourself to dance alone in your room, it is a form of self care, self expression, and emotional regulation, regardless of your artistic background.

Taylor McKee is a mental health advocate and musician from Maple Ridge, British Columbia. 
Taylor McKee designed this initiative and works to improve mental health in British Columbia.

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