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FORT KENT STUDENTS PLANT FLOWERS OF HOPE TO BATTLE THE STIGMA OF MENTAL ILLNESS

FORT KENT, Maine — Students and community members planted flowers on the front lawn of Fort Kent Community High School on Wednesday, Oct. 9, to raise awareness about mental illness. About 60 people participated in the Yellow Tulip Project event during which they planted hundreds of the sunshine-colored flowers in an effort to remind people …

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4TH ANNUAL YELLOW TULIP PROJECT HELD TO DESTIGMATIZE MENTAL ILLNESS

PORTLAND, Maine —The 4th annual Yellow Tulip Project was held at Congress Square Park on Portland Saturday, aiming to change the way people talk about mental illness. The founder of the event, Julia Hansen, brought the event to Portland after losing her two best friends to suicide. Now, the wellness event functions to bring the …

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STUDENTS, MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATES PLANT TULIPS IN PORTLAND PARK TO SPREAD HOPE

The Yellow Tulip Project – founded locally by a mother and daughter – has 275 ambassadors in several countries. Students and mental health advocates gathered in Congress Square Park in Portland on Sunday to plant flowers and celebrate the international expansion of The Yellow Tulip Project, a locally founded nonprofit that seeks to “smash the …

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MAINE TOWN TO PLANT 1,000 TULIPS TO ‘SMASH THE STIGMA’ AROUND MENTAL ILLNESS

A thousand yellow tulips to be planted in Waterville to raise awareness about mental health. MAINE, Maine — One town in Maine has a mission to “smash the stigma” surrounding mental illness by planting 1,000 yellow tulips in Waterville. The Yellow Tulip Project is a Maine based non-profit organization that is trying to diminish the …

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MENTAL HEALTH EXHIBIT OPENING FEATURES ASSUMPTION PROFESSOR AND STUDENT RESEARCHER

Exhibit Features Assumption Professor and Student Research on Mental Health Paul M. Piwko, visiting assistant professor of accounting, and Alexandra Orlandi ’19, a psychology major and human services and rehabilitation studies minor, recently spoke about their research into mental health exhibitions during the opening of a new exhibit at Logan International Airport in Boston. Prof. …

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I AM MORE EXHIBIT AT NORTHERN LIGHT ACADIA HOSPITAL IN HOPES TO ERASE STIGMA AROUND MENTAL ILLNESS

Northern Light Acadia Hospital in Bangor is trying to erase the stigma that surrounds mental illness. They have partnered with the Yellow Tulip Project to host the “I Am More” photo exhibit which runs through October 11th. The exhibit contains black and white photos meant to challenge expectations of what mental illness looks like. The …

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NEW ENGLAND AND MIDWEST EXHIBIT NATIONAL LEADERSHIP ON MENTAL HEALTH

What do the Portland International Jetport, the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire, and one of America’s largest retailers have in common? Each of them – accompanied by the Fuller Craft Museum in Massachusetts, the Science Museum of Minnesota, and Time magazine’s 2017 Instagram Photographer of the Year – are part of a breakthrough phenomenon …

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