Janine Francolini, Founder/Executive Director, the Flawless Foundation SOURCE: Reclaiming Futures Last week at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, I attended the Criminalization of Mental Illness Symposium. National experts shared fourteen presentations in an effort to make sense of hundreds of statistics and research studies on such topics as recidivism, gun…
“I am a huge supporter of Flawless! Their cause is remarkable. Please give generously to their holiday campaign!” – Moby Dear Flawless Friends, The Flawless team is back from LA where we had an incredible “Evening of Gratitude” at Fred Segal. We were close to having a full house with 200 guests and the night…
Janine Francolini, Founder/Executive Director, the Flawless Foundation SOURCE: The Huffington Post Three years ago, I started the Flawless Foundation: a charity that takes a stand for more humane, compassionate care for children living with neurodevelopmental challenges. I did this because I simply had to. I was called to take action in the same way…
The other day,in a blissed out, peaceful state after a 90-minute yoga class, I saw two police cars in the middle of the road just a few feet away from the yoga studio, red lights spinning. Three police officers surrounded a bare-chested man who stood in the center of this trifecta, screaming, his eyes tossing…
My name is Brooke Schmidt, and I’m thrilled to be a summer intern for the Flawless Foundation. Last week Janine told me about a very special advocate for mental health who would happily share her story to help others. I was so inspired that I reached out to get to know her; I dial a…
At Flawless, our mission is to see the perfection in every child – actually it’s to see the perfection in every human being – and to practice and teach compassion. This always starts with a look inward, at ourselves. Where do we see the perfection in people? Where do we need to open our eyes…
This year the Flawless Foundation is bursting with thanks for the remarkable support and encouragement that we have received from all of you. We have made amazing progress for a young organization. All that I am about to share is a direct result of your involvement. We are thrilled and thankful to have had the…
Dearest Flawless Friends, I flew to Boston last Friday with Tara and Janine to meet one of the Flawless Medical Advisors, Dr. Stuart Ablon, where he conducted a workshop on Collaborative Problem Solving with his organization, Think:Kids, at Mass. General/Harvard Medical School. The program was called “Think Differently: A New Approach for Parenting Challenging Kids”,…