October 1 is International Day of Older Persons. The United Nations set the date in 1990 to honor older adults and the lives they’ve built, and you can mark it with something as small as a phone call. Researchers have linked social connection in later life to lower rates of depression and better memory. Your…
September is Suicide Prevention Month, and for years, suicide prevention advocates and journalists have been changing how they describe a death by suicide. They say a person “died by suicide.” You still hear the older phrase, “committed suicide,” in news reports and at the kitchen table, and most of us learned it young without giving…
It’s National Dance Day and we are thrilled! The research on the health benefits is extensive. We are grateful to Nigel Lythgoe and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton for starting this awareness day in 2010. You need no studio and no routine to take part. A song in the kitchen counts. Let’s dive into why we…
Less than 2% of philanthropic giving in the United States goes toward mental health. Liza Green of the UBS Optimus Foundation named that number from the stage at the 2026 JED Foundation Gala, and our team has carried it around since. “Mental health is one of the defining challenges of our time,” she said. “Funding…
National Compassionate Leadership Week runs September 6 through 12 this year. The TramutoPorter Foundation, which Donato Tramuto co-founded with Jeff Porter, established the week in 2022. The premise holds up. Leaders get better results when they lead with empathy, and compassion belongs at the center of how we work. Donato has spent a career making…
Gloria Steinem died on Wednesday, September 2nd at her home in New York City. She was 92. Her official Instagram account announced her death, saying she passed away “surrounded by some of the many who loved her.” The world will remember her for the movement she built. She helped launch Ms. magazine and co-founded the…
People and practices for meeting loss with care Grief moves at its own pace. It shows up in more forms than we expect, after a death, or the quieter loss of a life you thought you were building. No calendar tells it when to arrive or when to ease. For anyone sitting with loss right…
Our interns have started plenty of school years between them. Some walked into a new building on day one, some logged into a first class from a desk at home. We asked what helps them begin a year well, and their advice had more to do with mindset and setup than with any supply list.…
On June 13, the New York Knicks won their first NBA championship in 53 years. Five days later, a crowd estimated in the millions filled Lower Manhattan for a ticker-tape parade down the Canyon of Heroes. We celebrated alongside the rest of the city, and three moments from the week stayed with us. Each one…
Reflections from #JEDGala2026 Recently, the Flawless team attended the JED Foundation Gala in New York City. We came as attendees. We left thinking about what it means to stand alongside people who have decided that youth mental health is worth fighting for, and what each of us owes to that commitment. The evening opened with…
