New Mexico State University’s Students Helping Students host Walt’s Waltz - Step Out of Stigma.

This interactive workshop will include Walt’s Waltz Initiatives:

Walt’s Waltz Initiatives: Walt’s Waltz Stigma-Free Zones empower the establishment of safe spaces for open communication in the workplace, educational institutions, military, social settings; truly everywhere. As a Stigma-Free Zone, businesses and organizations boldly stand with those with mental and physical conditions. They promote attendance of educational programs and the signing of the Walt’s Waltz Stigma-Free Pledge. Take Your Mental Health Temperature provides clarity of the severity of one’s anxiety, depression, and/or other mental health condition/brain disease. Although not diagnostic, it can help people comprehend the seriousness of their condition/disease and encourage them to reach out for help. Step Out of Stigma integrates the visual and performing arts into our programs as a wellness strategy and a medium to open-up conversations. Mental Health Moonshot initiative advocates for robust funding for early diagnosis of mental health conditions with a goal towards novel curative therapies. This research has been drastically underfunded and requires a moonshot. Walt’s Waltz Initiatives are on point to reduce suffering of those with mental health conditions. The CDC states 1 in 5 have a Mental Health Condition at any given time. These conditions can include anxiety, depression, paranoia, insomnia, etc. and can evoke feelings of exhaustion, fear, shame, loneliness, etc. Walt’s Waltz strives to liberate people who wrestle with these symptoms which can lead to alienation, suffering, and even suicide.