Did you know that about 28% of students in grades 6 through 12 have experienced bullying in schools and about 30% of students have admitted to bullying others? And did you know that an astonishing 70% of students say they […]
Free2Luv kicked off Bullying Prevention Month partnering with the Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention at the University of Buffalo for their annual bullying prevention conference. We sponsored a special youth empowerment panel on bullying and bystander intervention moderated by […]
Ten-year-old Free2Luv is a national award-winning youth development nonprofit, with a mission is to “transform the bullied to brave, celebrate individuality and save lives through the arts.” During the COVID pandemic, Free2Luv created a new arts empowerment program, EXPRESS IT!, to provide […]
AWARD-WINNING youth development nonprofit Free2Luv® launched multiple programs for Mental Health Awareness Month, including a public awareness billboard campaign co-sponsored by Lamar Advertising, partnership in MTV’s first-ever National Mental Health Day of Action, and a nationwide giveaway of their mental […]
Have you ever felt like you needed help with something — managing your mental health, coping with stress, or dealing with a difficult situation — but struggled with the idea of asking for it? Chances are, you answered yes. And […]
“There are no rules. That is how art is born, how breakthroughs happen.” — Helen Frankenthaler Have you ever found yourself doodle sketching in the blank areas of a paper? Drawing shapes, patterns, squiggles, or characters while taking notes or […]
Multicultural Bullying in Schools – Diversity and Multicultural Identity is at Risk Never have I felt more diminished than when I was tormented for my race or where I come from. Bullied for things that I can’t change about myself. […]
Starting a new school year is exciting but it comes with the first day of back-to-school anxiety. It’s a little scary even at the best of times. But managing back- to- school anxiety during coronavirus is a whole new challenge. […]
Someone I Love is High Risk For COVID-19. Here’s How I Cope. My son was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis on his one month birthday. Of course, he’d had it all along. It was written in his genetic code the moment […]
The statistics are staggering. More than one in five high school students have been bullied. Three out of four LGBTQ+ students have been bullied. Kids who are bullied are at high risk of anxiety and depression. They’re more than twice […]
LGBTQ+ youth are four times more likely to struggle with their mental health, experiencing more depression and anxiety than their peers. Managing anxiety of LGBTQ+ youth is vital – now more than ever. Ongoing efforts to adjust to COVID have […]
Expressing yourself creatively is an amazing way to release any anxiety you may be experiencing. We’ve put a new twist on our Free2BeME art empowerment project! You can now join our virtual Free2BeME art party and share what’s in your […]
We’ve been dealing with the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic for over a year now. At one point, more than 300 million Americans — 95% of the US population — were under shelter in place or stay at home orders […]
Thanks to COVID-19 and the novel coronavirus, we’re all too familiar with quarantines, shelter-in-place orders, and social distancing. Many schools workplaces closed, causing a major departure from our typical day-to-day lives — and we still don’t know how long the […]
Over a year into the pandemic, we’re still hearing a lot of news about Coronavirus and COVID-19. Ongoing efforts to adjust to the virus have changed our daily lives, and anxiety is normal. There’s a good chance that your school […]
