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In Nov. 2021 after ten years of our evolving mission and impact, we changed our name to Gathering Ground. You may still find reference to our old name Creative New Jersey in posts created prior to Nov. 2021.

Quarterly Briefing – Mental Health in Uncertain Times

Quarterly Briefing — Navigating Mental Health in Uncertain Times 

Guest Speaker: Lynette Sheard, Community Mental Health Coordinator at the Mental Health Association in New Jersey 

With so much exhaustion, uncertainty, and anxiety about the future swirling right now, particularly for those with marginalized identities, amplified by the winter holidays which can be complex spaces to navigate, coping strategies are essential.  Join Community Education Coordinator Lynette Sheard, from the Mental Health Association of NJ, as she shares actionable self-care practices to create space, invite balance and set boundaries in uncertain times.

This 90-minute Briefing from the Mental Health Association of New Jersey’s Community Mental Health Coordinator, Lynette Sheard, provides tools and resources on the best ways to safeguard your mental health when difficult times arise. 

Learn more about the Mental Health Association of New Jersey.

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“Last night I didn’t sleep because I was thinking about this [model of bringing people together]. With the New Jim Crow Project [focusing on mass incarceration] we have to plan events and programs all the time and suddenly I’m thinking that more people have to have conversations: I don’t have to have a keynote speaker, I have to create the kinds of programs that have people talking with each other and thinking about action steps. So it’s really changing the model for us about the way we’re going to do our communicating and programs and raising the level of self-awareness in education.”

– Barbara Flythe – Campaign to End Jim Crow (Trenton)