The Risa Fund has enabled the Wendt Center for Loss and Healing to add a third suicide bereavement by underwriting the salary of the part-time clinician who facilitates all of their suicide support groups.
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Since the fall of 2013, the Risa Fund has partnered with THEARC to offer the Risa Wellness Project@THEARC, a multifaceted initiative offering mental health training to all partner organization staff, on-site mental health counseling, access to increased psychiatric care and coordination of all mental health services at THEARC. Taking a holistic approach to wellness, the Project also incorporates art, music and dance therapy.
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The Risa Fund partners with ArtReach GW to provide free visual arts programming serving residents East of the River. Workshops, led by registered art therapists, promote art-making as a tool for wellness, self-awareness, insight, and community connection.
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The Risa Fund collaborated with the 11th Street Bridge Park, Artolution, and ArtReach at THEARC to convene DC high school students through the collective painting of a mural envisioning a healthy city, community, and neighborhood.
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The Risa Fund sponsored Sitar’s summer 2014 mural project, during which teen artists worked to strengthen their design and painting skills — as well as employment and life skills — through the creation of two large-scale murals.
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The Risa Fund supported the 11th Street Bridge Project by funding wellness programs designed to connect the mind and body through movement.
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