Our Flawless Fellow Maureen Mahoney had the opportunity to meet and attend a talk by Mike Erwin, United States military veteran and founder of both Team Red White and Blue and the Positivity Project. Continue reading to hear about all the wisdom and inspiration she gained from this experience! Today, we celebrate Veterans Day. We…
Who’s got the power? We’ve got the power. What kind of power? People power! The final keynote discussion of the UsAgainstAlzheimer’s 2019 National Alzheimer’s Summit—about the intersection of civil rights, racism, and the impact of Alzheimer’s— ended with this chant, led by panelist and civil rights leader Dolores Huerta. The audience answered the chant’s call…
By Abby Cooper, Flawless Foundation Intern As Bullying Prevention Month comes to an end, I feel inspired to share with you my thoughts on The Peanut Butter Falcon, a film that powerfully represents the lives of people who are differently abled. I am reflecting on this movie during this important awareness month, in particular, because people…
American Eagle recently partnered with The Global Coalition on Youth Mental Health to host “YMentalHealth? Our Future Depends On It,” a forum featuring the experiences of young people who are living with mental health challenges. The event was an important opportunity for young people to talk about why mental health matters to them, with the…
The issue of bullying is especially close to our hearts here at Flawless. Although this is a very serious issue, we find hope in the knowledge that prevention is possible, through the intersection of social and emotional learning and culture change. October is National Bullying Prevention Month so we are sharing our top 5 tips…
At its most essential, mental health advocacy has one main goal: saving and improving lives by changing policy. This means that at federal, state, and local levels, we need policymakers to believe in our goals for mental health reform as much as we do. When the brain health advocacy community has the opportunity to affect…
By Tre Gabriel, Flawless Intern The Southern Conference is a Division 1 collegiate athletic conference under the guidance of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ). Established in 1921 it is the fifth oldest major college athletic conference in the United States, but what may be more impressive is what they’ve been doing this…
A week after a controversial headline was posted by a local South Carolina newspaper about Hilinski’s Hope, Ryan Hilinski responded with class and stellar play on his way to lead the Gamecocks to a conference win over the Kentucky Wildcats. In the win, Ryan passed for almost 200 yards and helped end a five-game losing…
By Tre Gabriel, Flawless Intern We have never been as connected to each other and as disconnected from each other as we are now, in 2019. Connectivity comes in the form of technology that allows us to communicate faster and easier than ever before, especially via cell phones and social media apps. Whatever your chosen…
The Hilinksi family are our heroes. After losing their son, Tyler, to suicide, they created Hilinksi’s Hope, a non-profit that funds and supports suicide prevention and mental health awareness at universities. The love that brought Hilinksi’s Hope to Tyler’s own Washington State University has spread nationally, reaching the University of South Carolina, where Tyler’s younger…
