08/21/2026
💚 T.O.U.R.’S 3RD ANNUAL MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS EVENT — THANK YOU! 💚
These pictures are only a glimpse of how BEAUTIFUL today was. You truly had to be there to experience it! We are overwhelmed with joy and gratitude for how our 3rd Annual Mental Health Awareness Event turned out.
First, THANK YOU to every organization that sponsored, partnered, donated, participated, and showed up as a vendor. You brought resources, education, giveaways, information, and SUPPORT directly into our community. We will tag as many of you as we can. If we don’t tag you, please know it is only because we may not have access to your page — your contribution did not go unnoticed, and T.O.U.R. appreciates you!
💚 To our T.O.U.R. Youth and youth volunteers: We are SO PROUD of you! You showed up, carried yourselves like young ladies and gentlemen, assisted our guests, helped with activities, and represented yourselves and T.O.U.R. well. Thank you for choosing to lead, serve, and make positive decisions today. THAT is what youth leadership looks like!
🎤 A HUGE shoutout to Barbara Rogers Bailey for hosting tremendously in a way that ONLY SHE CAN! You kept everything moving, brought the energy, and helped make this event what it was.
🏢 Thank you to I.E. Johnson Community Center for ALWAYS being supportive and continuing to provide a space where organizations like ours can serve, educate, and pour back into our community.
💜 And to Tanesha Cook of Nah’Zia’s Corner Community Foundation — you are amazing. You are strength. You are supported, and you are loved. Thank you for continuing to share your story and spread awareness. We need your voice, and we need you to keep going.
Our breakout rooms were a HUGE part of today’s event because mental health touches so many areas of our lives. Each room brought something different and necessary:
✨ Dr. Freda Singletary — “Millennial Parenting” brought an important conversation around parenting today’s generation and understanding the challenges families face.
✨ Education Justice Alliance — “The Effects of School Discipline & School Culture on Students’ Mental Health” helped bring awareness to how what happens inside our schools can directly affect a child’s mental and emotional well-being.
✨ A Place to Heal — “Grieving & Growth” created space for conversations about grief, healing, processing loss, and finding ways to continue growing through difficult experiences.
✨ “Addressing Youth Gun Violence” tackled a conversation that our communities CANNOT afford to ignore — the impact violence has on our youth, families, neighborhoods, safety, and mental health.
✨ Support Incorporated — “Cultural Competency” helped us look at the importance of understanding culture, differences, experiences, and perspectives when supporting individuals and families.
Every room was different, but every room connected back to one thing: healthier youth, healthier families, and healthier communities.
And despite the RAIN 🌧️, YOU CAME! We had people calling the SAME DAY asking if they could come. People still walked through those doors ready to participate, learn, connect, and support.
Thank you to EVERY person who shared our posts and flyers and told somebody else about this event. A special shoutout to Tonya Brown for posting and helping us spread the word. You all truly mean wonders to us.
To our sponsors, partners, vendors, speakers, presenters, volunteers, youth, families, community leaders, organizations, and EVERY person who simply showed up — THANK YOU.
Today reminded us exactly why T.O.U.R. continues doing this work.
And please know…
💚 THE 4TH ANNUAL T.O.U.R. MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS EVENT IS COMING NEXT YEAR! 💚
We are coming back EVEN BIGGER, with just as many — if not MORE — vendors, speakers, resources, breakout sessions, partnerships, and collaborative efforts.
We are overwhelmed with JOY over what happened today.
This is community.
This is collaboration.
This is awareness.
This is T.O.U.R. 💚
From the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP!
