Grassroots Groundwork

06/19/2026

Tomorrow! We’re hosting QPR Gatekeeper, a workshop for anyone to learn how to support people thinking about su***de.

We host this workshop periodically and always provide up-to-date info about local options for mental healthcare including crisis services. We also tailor QPR Gatekeeper to the needs we’re seeing the community. In June, this workshop will have information about supporting vulnerable and marginalized people when they are showing signs of crisis or having suicidal thoughts.


QPR Gateekeeper

⏰ Saturday June 20, 10:30 am - noon

📍Via Zoom

Attendees will learn:

> Signs of crisis to look for
> How to ask direct and trauma-informed questions to determine if a person if thinking about su***de
> How to provide safe and effective support to a person to prevent su***de
> Local options for addressing the person’s crisis needs
> Considerations when supporting a vulnerable or marginalized person


Cost for our workshops is always donation based with a suggested amount of $15-25. Once you have signed up, you will receive confirmation of your registration and a link for making a donation.

✔️Signup: tinyurl.com/GGQPR

Questions? Email
📩 [email protected]

06/18/2026

Gender Affirming Care is Su***de Prevention

NASW-Michigan Celebrates Pride Month 2026 🌈🌟 Gender Affirming Care Directory

NASW-Michigan's Gender Affirming Care Directory connects individuals and families with licensed Michigan social workers and mental health professionals who provide affirming clinical and case management services for transgender, nonbinary, and gender-expansive individuals.

All providers listed have completed NASW-Michigan's specialized training on affirming care practices and maintain active professional licensure in Michigan.

Explore the Gender Affirming Care Directory: https://nasw-michigan.info/gender-affirming-care-directory/

Learn about NASW-Michigan’s" Affirming Care Provision Across the Gender Spectrum: A Training for Mental Health Professionals" Certificate Program:

06/09/2026

It is concerning that Judge Mary Ellen Brennan did not have the facts about whether or not Kelli Bryant was petitioned by Common Ground before confirming her belief that the hospitalization was entirely voluntary and therefore an attempt to evade court. She also did not seem to know Michigan’s mental health code regarding when and how a patient becomes ineligible to leave on their own volition. This is disappointing and raises concern that mental illness is an afterthought by the court.

It doesn’t matter how the defendant’s alleged actions make you feel; having the facts and knowing Michigan residents’ rights is the least the court can do when determining the fate of any person.

Voluntary Patient Rights tool to keep on hand located in the comments.

The Pontiac woman accused of leaving her three children to live in squalor had her bond revoked on Thursday after a judge accused her of her delay tactics following a rescheduling of her trial.

06/09/2026

Check their page for additional items to meet basic needs

Personal Needs boxes available through the end of June!

No need to register - just come up to the second floor of Lansing First Presbyterian 9a-2p Monday-Thursday.

See flyer for more details or call 517-999-2894 with questions!

06/08/2026

On Saturday June 20, we are hosting QPR Gatekeeper, a workshop for anyone to learn how to support people thinking about su***de.

We host this workshop periodically and always provide up-to-date info about local options for mental healthcare including crisis services. We also tailor QPR Gatekeeper to the needs we’re seeing the community. In June, this workshop will have information about supporting vulnerable and marginalized people when they are showing signs of crisis or having suicidal thoughts.


QPR Gateekeeper

⏰ Saturday June 20, 10:30 am - noon

📍Via Zoom

Attendees will learn:

> Signs of crisis to look for
> How to ask direct and trauma-informed questions to determine if a person if thinking about su***de
> How to provide safe and effective support to a person to prevent su***de
> Local options for addressing the person’s crisis needs
> Considerations when supporting a vulnerable or marginalized person


Cost for our workshops is always donation based with a suggested amount of $15-25. Once you have signed up, you will receive confirmation of your registration and a link for making a donation.

✔️Signup: tinyurl.com/GGQPR

Questions? Email
📩 [email protected]

06/04/2026

Amazing! Wishing everyone a joyful, safe pride month ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

This LGBTQ+ Pride Month, the American Foundation for Su***de Prevention (AFSP), the largest private funder of su***de prevention research, is hosting its first national public presentations of Pride Pathways: Su***de Prevention for LGBTQ+ Communities and Allies on June 15 at 4 p.m. ET and June 25 at...

05/28/2026

If you did not catch us live today, here is another option to hear our co-founders discuss our organization’s ethos and current events!

Peer support specialists Francis and Rob are building community-based connections and crisis alternatives through Grassroots Groundwork.

05/28/2026

Directed and operated by people with lived experience of having mental illness, our organization aims to improve local crisis response and expand pathways to recovery. We are achieving our mission with three programs: Training & Outreach, IMPACT, and The Nest.

Training & Outreach: Community workshops to improve locals understanding of common experiences of people with mental illness and how to better support people in crisis. Additionally, workshops for members of the community to better understand how to navigate our local mental healthcare system and the various tips and tricks for achieving self-determination.

IMPACT: Collecting data by conducting one-on-one interviews with tri-county locals on their experiences having crisis, navigating the system, and after receiving help. This data informs and enhances our advocacy efforts and overall ability to achieve our organization’s long term goals.

The Nest: Free, dignified, accessible mental health Peer Support services available to adult residents of Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham counties. These services guide participants in deciding what areas of their mental health they want to work on, making goals & objectives, and connecting to the treatment, services, and resources that will enable them to achieve their goals.

Check out our website to learn even more!
www.gglansing.org

05/28/2026

It does not take a mental health specialist, a public health expert, a government advisor of any sort to know this would be a likely outcome. Here’s the reality: undignified and inhumane treatment of minorities resulting in su***de doesn’t just occur in ICE concentration camps. Albeit an extreme iteration of what minorities experience, nevertheless

> violence, hate crimes, harassment

> unmet basic needs

> police brutality

> untreated illness

> hopelessness

> resulting in crisis and su***de

is not unique to ICE camps.

The sooner we accept that concentration camps and violence by the hands of the government are inevitable in societies that tolerate racism, the sooner we can take sustainable steps towards reform.

Link to the article: https://www.facebook.com/share/1CWNSHStsx/?mibextid=wwXIfr