Programs: Communicators for Mental HealthSM
Passion for Change's initial core program is developed directly from Breaking the Stigma of Mental Illness: Using Public Relations as a Catalyst Toward Success." This graduate capstone-research was presented in 2006 at the Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University, by PfC President and CEO Marilyn Mongeon Quill. The project won a Cleveland Rocks Gold Award in Research from the Greater Cleveland Chapter, Public Relations Society of America.
Communicators for Mental HealthSM:
n Educates professional communicators about "Breaking the Stigma of Mental Illness"
n Enlists professional communicators as advocates in the workplace and their wider spheres of influence
n Matches these communicators pro bono with underfunded local mental health organizations
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Monitors and reviews progress on both sides
and continue appropriate education, training and coaching
n Continuously evaluates the program by appropriate metrics
Communicators for Mental HealthSM is currently a Greater Cleveland pilot project. Passion for Change is developing this project in partnership with Greater Cleveland mental health agencies. Partnership Phase I included representatives from Center for Families & Children, MHS (Mental Health Services), May Dugan Center, NAMI Greater Cleveland, Recovery Resources, Spectrum of Supportive Services and Suicide Prevention Education Alliance.
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