Born This Way Foundation

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Join us tomorrow, Wednesday, March 11, for an all new #ChannelKindness Storytellers Club ✍️💚 A free writing workshop for young people ages 15 to 24.

We’ll explore the connection between body + mind 🧘🧠 through guided prompts + reflection.

RSVP: www.channelkindness.org/the-storytel...

Compilation of photos from the Channel Kindness Storytellers Club session at the HeARTBeat arts and wellbeing summit at Lincoln Center, featuring speakers and participants in conversation about creativity, wellbeing, and community.

Compilation of photos from the Channel Kindness Storytellers Club session at the HeARTBeat arts and wellbeing summit at Lincoln Center, featuring speakers and participants in conversation about creativity, wellbeing, and community.

Compilation of photos from the Channel Kindness Storytellers Club session at the HeARTBeat arts and wellbeing summit at Lincoln Center, featuring speakers and participants in conversation about creativity, wellbeing, and community.

Compilation of photos from the Channel Kindness Storytellers Club session at the HeARTBeat arts and wellbeing summit at Lincoln Center, featuring speakers and participants in conversation about creativity, wellbeing, and community.

So grateful to those who participated in our #ChannelKindness Storytellers Club at HeARTBeat, the @lincolncenter.bsky.social’s first-ever arts and wellbeing summit! 💚

A huge thank you to The New York Public Library, Mariah Karis, and Dr. Jeremy Nobel for holding space with so much care. 🙌

"Black history is not behind us, it is alive in us...It is happening now. And it is something to be proud of.” -Nelson Enemakwu John #ChannelKindness #BeKind365

"I honor Black history by being kinder to myself...By choosing joy, not because it’s easy, but because it’s deserved." -Shivank Pandey #ChannelKindness #BeKind365

"Right before I go to sleep, I like to dance off any extra energy I have in my body." -Michi Sosa #ChannelKindness #BeKind365

In this clip, Youth Advisory Board member London Donahoe speaks with Palestinian Sudanese poet Ahmed Sarsour on how art + kindness build a more peaceful world.

Watch + read more here 💚: www.channelkindness.org/art-to-cope-...

"Taekwondo anchored me, because no matter how messy the week felt, class had a beginning and end with progress throughout." - Rohan #ChannelKindness #BeKind365

Meet BAGLY (📍United States 🇺🇸)

With support from the #KindnessInCommunityFund, BAGLY is expanding affirming mental health services.

Learn more: www.channelkindness.org/2025-kindnes...

Meet @centrelgbt-plus.bsky.social (📍United States 🇺🇸)

With support from the #KindnessInCommunityFund, Centre LGBTQ+ is expanding essential services, increasing accessibility, and strengthening outreach.

Learn more: www.channelkindness.org/2025-kindnes...

"I’m learning that Black joy is also slowing down and appreciating the profound beauty of every path and just giving my support all the way." -  Precious Nwosu #ChannelKindness #BeKind365

"We’ve watched grandmothers who haven’t spoken in months suddenly sing along to familiar songs." - Aani Nagaiah #ChannelKindness #BeKind365

Meet Stepping Stones of the Roaring Fork Valley (📍 United States 🇺🇸)

With support from the #KindnessInCommunityFund, they’re opening a youth-led third space in Glenwood Springs.

Learn more: www.channelkindness.org/2025-kindnes...

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"I don’t have everything figured out, but I’m trying my best. I hope this community makes someone out there feel less alone while they try, too." - Sarah Xu #ChannelKindness #BeKind365

"I don’t have everything figured out, but I’m trying my best. I hope this community makes someone out there feel less alone while they try, too." - Sarah Xu #ChannelKindness #BeKind365

Meet Beyond (📍United Kingdom 🇬🇧)

With support from the #KindnessInCommunityFund, they’re expanding resources to reach 200,000 young people.

Learn more: www.channelkindness.org/2025-kindnes...

Meet Outlast Arts and Education, Inc. (📍United States 🇺🇸)

With support from the #KindnessInCommunityFund, Outlast is sustaining programs that help young people feel seen and supported.

Learn more: www.channelkindness.org/2025-kindnes...

Meet The Garage, a Teen Cafe (📍United States 🇺🇸)

With support from the #KindnessInCommunityFund, the Garage is expanding care for the nearly 700 teens who rely on it.

Learn more: www.channelkindness.org/2025-kindnes...

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We are so very grateful for the support of @btwfoundation.bsky.social!! This investment will allow us to continue our life-changing work to serve LGBTQ+ young people. ❤️

"A culture of kindness is not a manifestation of a place, a town, a city, but rather it’s something that we, its people, invest in." - Claire #ChannelKindness #BeKind365

Meet LYRIC Center for LGBTQQ+ Youth (📍United States 🇺🇸)

With support from the #KindnessInCommunityFund, they’re launching a peer-led mental health curriculum.

Learn more: www.channelkindness.org/2025-kindnes...

"Access to information should be a universal right." - Sreelasya Polavarapu and Ridhi Gutta #ChannelKindness #BeKind365

Meet National Youth Foundation (📍United States 🇺🇸)

With support from the #KindnessInCommunityFund, NYF is expanding youth advocacy and mental health education.

Learn more: www.channelkindness.org/2025-kindnes...

Meet @timeoutyouth.bsky.social (📍United States 🇺🇸)

With support from the #KindnessInCommunityFund, they’re expanding access to therapy and support groups.

Learn more: www.channelkindness.org/2025-kindnes...

Meet @insideoutys.bsky.social (📍United States 🇺🇸)

With support from the #KindnessInCommunity Fund, they’re expanding youth-led mental health and advocacy programs.

Learn more: www.channelkindness.org/2025-kindnes...

Meet Instituto Fazendo História (📍Brazil 🇧🇷)

With support from the #KindnessInCommunityFund, they’re expanding access to individualized psychotherapy.

Learn more: www.channelkindness.org/2025-kindnes...

Meet Inside Out Youth Services (📍United States 🇺🇸)

With support from the #KindnessInCommunity Fund, they’re expanding youth-led mental health and advocacy programs.

Learn more: www.channelkindness.org/2025-kindnes...

"Since the surgery, I’ve turned my speech impediment and my greatest insecurity, into a platform and a voice for good." - Taylor Yu #ChannelKindness #BeKind365

Meet Fundación Eddy-G (📍Spain 🇪🇸)

Through the #KindnessInCommunityFund, Fundación Eddy-G is strengthening safe housing, psychosocial care, + employment guidance for LGBTIQA+ young people who have experienced family rejection or homelessness.

Learn more: www.channelkindness.org/2025-kindnes...

Meet Body Banter (📍Hong Kong 🇭🇰)

With support from the #KindnessInCommunityFund, Body Banter is expanding youth mentorship and building open, stigma-free communities.

Learn more: www.channelkindness.org/2025-kindnes...