New Paths to Wellness This Mental Health Awareness Month
“The challenge is not to be perfect—it is to be whole.” —Jane Fonda
May marks Mental Health Awareness Month, and the calendar is brimming with events designed to enlighten and inspire. From expert-led workshops to immersive retreats, these gatherings offer invaluable opportunities for learning, connection, and personal growth. This feature highlights key events that stand out for their innovative approach to mental health advocacy and education. Whether you’re a professional in the field or someone seeking to deepen your understanding, these events promise engaging experiences in environments that foster support and challenge stigmas. Join these event this May (and beyond) to explore, engage, and empower yourself and others in the journey towards better mental well-being.
Sound Mind Music Festival for Mental Health
May 18, 2024
Free to attend.
12pm - 7pm
2 Wyckoff Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
SOUND MIND FESTIVAL is coming to Brooklyn on Saturday, May 18 and it's FREE for everyone - a day party with a purpose, a creative collaboration between artists, musicians, mental health organizations, and more! Kick off your summer at the ultimate Bushwick festival on the streets and in surrounding venues.
FREE ALL DAY!
Headlined by MisterWives and Kevin Morby
Full sets from SHAED, Bailen, and more
Opening Ecstatic Dance Feat. 2MELO at 12pm!
All day jams from the Junxion Alegria DJ Bus
Dance Parties at HOUSE OF YES
Food and beverage in partnership with SMORGASBURG
Holistic wellness programming including yoga, meditation, breathwork, sound baths, and more
Panels and conversation on topics including Mental Health in the LGBTQ+ Community and The Importance of Lived Experience
Interactive Art
All Ages
Honor Your Feelings Fest
May 19, 2024
Free to attend.
12pm - 6pm
450 S Western Ave., 3rd Floor Los Angeles 90020
A celebration of AANHPI Heritage Month and Mental Health Awareness Month, Honor Your Feelings Fest will feature somatic-based movement workshops for intergenerational participation, panel discussions, performances, a mental health resources fair, and more.
The one-day festival aims to deepen the conversation about mental health in our Pan-Asian community. How can we help ourselves and our community process our lived and inherited trauma? How do we talk about therapy with our families? What emotions do we hold unknowingly in our bodies?
We invite you to explore these questions in the warm safety of community. Bring your parents, grandparents, kids, and chosen family.
The Experts Have Spoken
May 22, 2024
Free to attend.
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
When we unite, our strength multiplies; when we raise our voices, we forge unity. In this episode, mental health advocate Brittany Krystantos facilitates a conversation with esteemed mental health experts in honor of May Mental Health Awareness Month. Together, they have curated a panel of diverse specialists dedicated to shed light on mental health.
The Intersections of Identity & Mental Health from the Yellow Tulip Project
May 22, 2024
Free to attend.
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
As part of the Lewiston Public Library/Auburn Public Library Teen Mental Health & Support series, LPL and APL are bringing the Yellow Tulip Project to the Teen Space to discuss the relationships between the systems we live in, our identities, and mental health through the lens of race, gender, and sexuality.
Voices with Impact: Mental Health Film Festival
Live events every Thursday in June
Free to attend.
A short film festival inspiring transformative mental health conversations. Voices With Impact began in 2018, and each year they’ve worked with incredibly talented filmmakers to share underrepresented mental health stories.
There is always someone to offer support.
United States
If you or someone you know needs support now in the U.S., call or text* 988 or chat www.988lifeline.org to reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
Canada
If you or someone you know needs support in Canada, visit this list of Canadian helplines below.