It’s that time of year. Back to school — new beginnings, anxiety, stress and excitement all rolled into one. We have a few important lessons to think about this back to school season with our new landscape (post Newtown) of concern around the national discussion about security and safety in our schools. Recently we had…
Janine Francolini, Founder/Executive Director, the Flawless Foundation SOURCE: Huffington Post * This post is being written as an open letter to Brian Williams, Dr. Oz and Dr. Phil about their recent portrayal on their shows of people living with mental illness. Dear Dr. Phil, Dr. Oz and Mr. Williams, As you read this, you may…
Janine Francolini, Founder/Executive Director, the Flawless Foundation SOURCE: Huffington Post Dear Dr. Phil, I am writing in response to your show the other day that has thankfully become headline news and to express my gratitude to you, our dear colleague Pete Earley and USA Today News for opening up this very important conversation. (For readers…
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…
Janine Francolini, Founder/Executive Director, the Flawless Foundation SOURCE: The Huffington Post This post is dedicated to the most forgotten, underserved children in our country. Those who quickly fall through the cracks and into the school-to-prison pipeline. When practicing peacefully in one of our therapeutic yoga programs, these are the children who teach us hope…
This wonderful benefit helped us raise funds for our local therapeutic yoga programs and trainings for mental health professionals, educators and parents to support our community of children living with serious behavioral challenges. We are so appreciative to Mabel and Zora for hosting us and to Megan Henson Photography for photographing the evening. We are…
A fabulous night in LA on 12.12.12 with Elyn Saks at Louis Stern Fine Arts. EVENT COMMITTEE Katie Turner- Kaci Christian- Steve Truitt- Francesca Alexander- Natalie Alexander- Lupe Carranza- David De Vos- Sarah DeAnna- Alex Harris- Michael Pearlman- Rochelle Schieck-Vanessa Schreiber-Marlene Wagner Thank you to all of our corporate sponsors!
We had an amazing Gratitude Party in Portland, hosted by the Burlington Tower. It was a wonderful time to come together with our local community and celebrate mental health! Our raffle prizes included: two Winterhawk tickets, a spa package from Sweet and Simple Spa and housemade Dragontree products, an exclusive night of facials and champagne…
Dear Flawless Friends, One of the highlights of our time in LA a few weeks ago was catching up with Moby about all things mental health. Check out his honest, insightful thoughts about the increase in solidarity around people being more authentic and open. Join Moby in supporting Flawless this holiday season and your contributions…
“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…
