A short documentary was filmed about last year's mental health rally by Brave New Films! It was an amazing experience.
Check out the video. ⤵
About
Sophrosyne
Founded in 2018, Sophrosyne Mental Health is a not-for-profit organization based in Boston, which began as an Instagram page and gradually expanded to a full-fledged organization. Our mission is to educate teens as well as advocate for mental wellness and accessibility to resources. We initially were assisted by the Youth Activism Project, which guided us in becoming what we are today.
In these past few years, we have been so excited to advocate for mental health legislation, create an app and website, and speak to so many amazing advocates. We have built four teams, creative team, fundraising team, outreach team, and policy team to make sure that we address mental health how it should be addressed - from as many angles as possible.
TIMELINE
2018
Fall 2018
Sophrosyne Mental Health was founded
Started the website
Started with our Youth Activism Project advisor
Winter 2018
Planning the Mental Health Rally
Fundraising
2019
Spring 2019
Mental Health Rally 2019
Brave New Films Documentary
Advocacy for Bill S.244 - Mandatory mental health education in MA
Fall 2019
Worked on the website
Expanded the team
Passed out ribbons for World Mental Health Month
Held a presentation a local high school to talk about Sophrosyne + a viewing of our documentary
Winter 2019
Self-Care cards
Merch
Help a Friend Page on Sophrosyne Website
Planning Bowling Night for Spring
Planning a Screening of our Documentary
Planning a Mental Health Book Display at our school
2020
Spring 2020
Virtual Mental Health Rally 2020
Released our App!
Started selling jewelry to fundraise
Self-care zoom calls for COVID
Managing COVID stress
Guest Speaking with YAP on Taking Care of Mental Health Being an Activist
Summer 2020
Opened a Depop shop
OpenFloor Podcast
Fall 2020
Misconceptions Series Instagram Posts
Regular Zoom calls
Independent from YAP
Winter 2020
Rebranded
Expanded our team
Opened our Etsy Shop
Beyond the Stereotype Series
Positivity with Jussi Padam Podcast
2021
Spring 2021
Planning our Third Mental Health Rally for 2021
HIATUS
2022
Winter 2022
Website Redesign
Rebranding
2023
Spring 2023
Website Up + Running
Consistent Social Media Postings
Director
Emily Weinberg
Founder and Executive Director
Emily Weinberg is the twenty-one-year-old founder and executive director of Sophrosyne Mental Health. After struggling with her depression and being diagnosed with BPD, she started the organization in 2018 and oversaw it as it grew from website to rallies to the app. When Weinberg began her recovery journey, she saw how difficult it was to find informative, understandable, and compassionate resources, which is why she founded Sophrosyne Mental Health. She currently attends the University of Massachusetts Boston and is majoring in International Relations and Psychology.
