ATLANTA — Georgia-based nonprofit organization Silence the Shame is set to host a college empowerment summit to provide college students and community members with mental health and suicide prevention resources on Saturday.
Prominent Atlanta music pioneer, community activist, and mental health advocate Shanti Das created Silence the Shame in 2016. It is an organization that raises awareness on mental health, stigma reduction and suicide prevention and provides resources to those in need.
Silence the Shame Program Director Nick Farthing said the event, sponsored by the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, will help to provide resources to college students and community members…