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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 […]

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

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

Today we’d like to introduce you to Julia Hansen. Julia, before we jump into specific questions about your organization, why don’t you give us some details about you and your story. I am a sophomore at Occidental College, but to be honest, I never thought I’d make it here. All I can say is I

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.

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

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

Third annual community hope garden planting PORTLAND (WGME) — Planting bulbs-for an important cause, as dozens headed to Longfellow Square in Downtown Portland Sunday for the 3rd annual community hope garden planting. The organization “Yellow Tulip Project” was started in order to normalize the conversation surrounding mental health. Around 300 yellow tulip bulbs were planted-to