RESPECT Institute is coming to Heads Up For Harry!
Monday, September 12 – Friday, September 16, 2022
10:00am-2:00pm
The RESPECT Institute of Georgia (RI), created by mental health advocate Joel Slack, supports participants in developing the skills necessary to transform their experiences of mental health and substance use challenges and cross disabilities into educational and inspirational presentations. The RESPECT Institute of Georgia helps participants organize, construct, and customize their personal stories of recovery and independent living so they can share their stories in diverse venues such as management meetings, legislative meetings, employee orientations, university classrooms, civic meetings, and continuing education programs.
The RESPECT Institute of Georgia’s Virtual training is a 4 ½ day training program that empowers participants by acknowledging, honoring and valuing their personal experiences and insights. Through this recognition and acceptance, participants reclaim their sense of self. They own their lived experiences without shame or embarrassment and become instrumental in eliminating stigma in the general public as they advance the message of recovery and educate the next generation of behavioral health professionals.
Through a partnership with Slack Consulting and the Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network, the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities sponsor’s trainings and speaking engagements through a virtual platform allowing participants from across the state to give hope, recovery and independent living a voice.
To date, the RESPECT Institute of Georgia team conducted over 200 RESPECT Institute of Georgia trainings statewide and graduated over 1,800 individuals who shared their stories to over 175,000 Georgians.
Heads Up for Harry is seeking 5-6 young adults to participate in this training. If you are interested in becoming a mental wellness educator and advocate with Heads Up for Harry, please contact…
Margaret Jones
margaret@headsupforharry.org
404-590-0199