Jack Quaid (The Hunger Games, Vinyl) invites viewers to join Project UROK and The Harry Potter Alliance in fighting the stigma around mental illness and economic inequality. Users can submit video testimonials via Project UROK‘s website or by emailing [email protected].
#MyHungerGames started back in 2014 when The Hunger Games: Mockingly Part One was released. The circumstances in the movie started conversations via social media (and the hashtag #MyHungerGames), discussing the real life impact of economic inequality.
The #MyHungerGames blog will serve as a place to learn about how economic inequality impacts real people in areas like mental health, criminal justice, the environment, and more. It will also serve as a call to action, offering opportunities to visitors to help decrease the stigma and increase access to mental health services in their communities.
Project UROK is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to create funny, meaningful videos for teenagers struggling with mental health issues, made by people who have been there before. Founded by Jenny Jaffe (CollegeHumor), the site officially launched in April of 2015 and features a variety of honest, funny and relatable videos from young adults recounting their struggles with mental health. Project UROK ultimately strives to be an interactive, all-encompassing source of teen mental health resources, encouraging users to upload their own videos and share their experiences on the site’s message boards.
The Harry Potter Alliance is Dumbledore’s Army for the real world. Founded in 2005, they are a 501c3 nonprofit that uses the power of story and popular culture to inspire fans to be like the heroes they read about.
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