Tag: mental health
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13 Reasons Why You Should Be At Lucky 13
Thirteen years. Thirteen reasons. From legendary hip-hop and Wisconsin talent to exclusive merch, community, and a few surprises, here’s why you should probably be at RISE TOGETHER’s Lucky 13 on September 12.
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WBAY Highlights RISE TOGETHER’s Prevention Work Ahead of the New School Year
As students prepare to head back to school, conversations around youth mental health and substance use prevention become more important than ever. Recently, RISE TOGETHER had the opportunity to share that message with the community during a WBAY feature highlighting our prevention work in Brown and Shawano Counties and the upcoming RISE’s Lucky 13 Community…
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Strengthening Prevention, One Community at a Time
For more than 13 years, RISE TOGETHER has believed that prevention begins long before a young person faces a difficult decision. It begins with connection. It grows through trusted relationships, education, and communities that come together to support young people. That belief continues to guide our work through the Wisconsin Wins initiative. Over the past…
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Connection Isn’t a Soft Skill. It’s Prevention.
As Mental Health Awareness Month comes to a close, we’re reminded that awareness is only the beginning. Through 13 years of working alongside young people, schools, and communities, we’ve learned that connection, belonging, and trusted relationships remain some of the most powerful protective factors in prevention.
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Young People Don’t Need Another Lecture
One of the biggest things we’ve learned over the years is this: young people don’t need another lecture. They need spaces where they feel safe enough to actually be real. Not performative. Not forced. Not another adult standing in front of a room talking at them for an hour. Real connection. The kind that happens…
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Connection Changes Everything: Where Stories Save Lives
I went back to the room where I shared my story for the very first time—this time leading it. What happened next was a reminder of why connection matters, and what becomes possible when people feel safe enough to tell the truth.
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Connection in Action: What’s Happening at RISE TOGETHER
RISE TOGETHER continues expanding youth connection spaces, training educators through RISEconnection, and partnering with communities to strengthen youth mental health and prevention.
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Statewide Tobacco Report Reinforces the Importance of Prevention
For the past six months, RISE TOGETHER has been actively engaged in tobacco prevention efforts through our ongoing partnership with Wisconsin Wins(WI Wins), part of Wisconsin’s Tobacco Prevention & Control Program. This work includes public awareness efforts and supporting community compliance initiatives that reduce illegal tobacco AND nicotine sales to minors. Recently, new statewide media…
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Still Showing Up: What This Year Taught Us
This year asked RISE TOGETHER to do what community work so often requires: adapt, stay present, and continue forward with intention. It was shaped by movement — physical, relational, and strategic — and by the understanding that prevention work rarely follows a straight line. Plans shifted. New opportunities emerged. Some efforts required patience, while others…
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RISE Annual Impact Report + New Research — Now Live!
It’s here. After an incredible year. And yes, an unbelievable four days of pulling this full report together, we are honored and excited to share the 2024/2025 Annual Impact Report plus our full academic study conducted with Penn State College of Medicine, now published and indexed on the NIH. This report brings together everything we’ve witnessed across the…