United Church of Christ Mental Health Network

Working to reduce stigma & promote the inclusion of people with mental health challenges and neurodiversity.

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Down the Rabbit Hole

June 17, 2019 by mhn-ucc Leave a Comment

The story begins with a bored and drowsy seven-year-old girl named Alice sitting on a riverbank with her older sister.  When a talking, clothed White Rabbit with a pocket watch runs past, Alice follows it down a rabbit hole. As she falls a long way down, Alice finds herself in a curious hall with many locked doors of […]

Filed Under: Mental Health Tagged With: Alice in wonderland, Caregiver support, literary, loved ones, Mental Health Network, mental illness, respect, schizophrenia, Tim Ahrens, UCC, United Church of Christ

More Than Tolerance

May 27, 2019 by mhn-ucc Leave a Comment

I grew up in a small town in North East San Diego county, in Southern California. I went to the neighborhood elementary school. Each day my fellow classmates and I would line up with our square plastic lunch boxes. Mine typically featured some Ninja Turtle imagery on the sides. We would march down to the […]

Filed Under: Community, Love, Stigma Tagged With: affirmation, Mental Health Network, respect, Stigma, tolerance, UCC, United Church of Christ

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