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The Yellow Tulip Project Building a Youth Momentum Spreading Hope Building Community & Reducing Stigma

Who We Are The Yellow Tulip Project is a youth-led organization that is on the frontlines in the movement to smash the stigma surrounding mental illness. We’re working to build communities of people who realize that hope happens when youth and community leaders engage and work together. It is critical that we find new and creative ways to talk about the elephant in the room that has simply become too big to ignore. There are far too many people, and far too many young people who are struggling with depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts. g

Our Mission Our mission is to smash the stigma surrounding mental illness and to build a community of people who realize that hope happens when youth and community leaders work together. We hope that someday mental illness will be as normal to talk about as any physical illness, and are fiercely dedicated to making this goal a reality.

Our Story The Yellow Tulip Project was established in 2016 after founder Julia Hansen’s two closest friends died by suicide during her sophomore year of high school. Feeling alone and frustrated by the deafening silence surrounding mental illness, Julia was the voice that started this youth momentum that has since spread to more than 40 states in the US and has a touched thousands of students and community members. We are trying to create a dynamic space for determined youth to eradicate this stigma, to build communities that actively promote hope, and to inspire productive conversations about how to combat the rising rates of suicide.

What We Do We energize young people to use their powerful voices to make a difference through our ambassador network and storytelling training. We combine mental health and physical health through innovative programming We take on stigma through the use of the arts and community conversations. We plant Hope Gardens during Mental Health Awareness Week that build community and remind people that they are not alone.

YTP in the Arctic Member of the Arctic Hope Alliance Presented Session at 2019 Arctic Circle Conference “How to Create a Strength Based Youth Momentum in the Arctic: Trauma Informed Projects and Practice” Collaboration Opportunities with Indigenous Communities and Arctic Youth Organizations