Physical & Mental Health Awareness and Advocacy
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I would like to continue educating people about Covid19, and Covid19 Safety, assist other advocates and advocacy groups, as well as advocate for change at the policy level, but at this point I want to couple my Covid-19 awareness work with awareness for Mental Health, which I have been involved in since 2016.
At this point in the Covid-19 (SARS Cov2) Pandemic, many people are struggling with mental exhaustion, and other mental health struggles, and the stigma around Mental Health continues to hinder many in reaching out for help, and in many cases even realizing that they are struggling.
I would love to be able to work full time at Covid19/Mental Health Awareness and Advocacy by utilizing connections, social media reach, creativity, videos, songs, live events, expert interviews, and education, as well as to recruit and pay others to do the same. That’s my dream.
For now, money that I take in will be used to pay myself an hourly salary of $20 per hour, and that will allow me to continue to work full time at advocating and assisting others in their efforts.
I plan to do weekly live events on zoom, Facebook, Tiktok, and Twitter (X) to discuss advocacy progress and strategy, as well as mental health group chats to hopefully alleviate some of the negative pressures that many of us are feeling.
In addition to the virtual content that I plan to host and create, I will also be at the disposal of those who wish to attempt to enact change in their own areas. I will assist people with communications, research and organization related to requesting and demanding changes related to Covid19 Public Health Protections, with the ultimate goal of fundraising enough money to recruit others to help.
I have been advocating for Covid19 Safety since the pandemic began and I have been advocating for Mental Health awareness since 2016, when at the time the city I was living in (Fort McMurray, AB) suffered one of the largest fires in Canadian History.
Some of my main goals will be to amplify emerging information regarding Covid19 and Long Covid, to motivate government officials into action against Covid19, and to counteract the massive amounts of Covid19 misinformation/disinformation that are causing many issues.
During my time as a mental health advocate my goal was to promote mental health awareness through positivity, communication, inclusion, grassroots activities and creativity, and I will utilize my connections, and creative abilities to work toward generating a more open cooperative virtual community, that people will know they can turn to for a sense of community and understanding.
I had 1000s of people worldwide take part in breaking the stigma around mental health, and I did so with frequent campaigns, live chats, group chats, artistic, musical, and creative participant activities, all of which I feel could help the advocacy community, as well as the general public moving forward.
In my life I have worked as a Youth Group Home Worker, a one on one support worker for children with disabilities, an education assistant in all levels of school, a Special Education Teacher, and while I am a teacher by trade, I feel my experience in the world of mental health advocacy and awareness promotion can allow me to be highly useful in our attempt to educate people, and demand safety requirements until a more permanent solution for Covid-19 is discovered.
My goals as a Mental Health advocate have been to educate, break the stigma, and to let others know that they are not alone, and these foundational principles are easily applied to the realm of Covid19 advocacy and Education.
The fundraiser goal is lofty one but so is the challenge, and this is something that I feel is important and would benefit many. As always, any support given, whether it is monetary, a share on social media, or volunteered time, will be appreciated to the fullest definition of the word.
Any help is a big help.
Thank you.
Keith
I have included some of my news links and videos from both Mental Health and Covid19 Advocacy so you can get an idea of the kind of awareness I work toward.
Organizer
Keith Muise
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Stephenville, NL