Quarantine & Healing: Your Stories of Strength, Sickness, and Suckiness

6/13/2020

Quarantine & Healing: Your Stories of Strength, Sickness, and Suckiness

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Recently, I hosted a live virtual storytelling event called Quarantine & Healing: Your Stories of Strength, Sickness, and Suckiness. I had previously hosted a handful of storytelling events with themes ranging from suicide to summertime at The Garden Church in San Pedro, CA but, sadly, COVID-19 and lockdowns prevented that from happening for the foreseeable future. However, with the help of some amazing friends I was able to successfully make the transition to online-only. The theme was personal stories about life during the COVID-19 pandemic. This was also a fundraiser for the Feed & Be Fed Neighborhood Relief Fund which benefits families and local businesses in the Harbor Area of Los Angeles, CA who are most negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

You can donate directly to the fund here: feedandbefed.org/harbor-relief-fund

FEATURED STORYTELLERS (in no particular order):
Gabe Howard
Jasmin Pierre
Jeanine Hoff
Michelle Hammer
Chrissie Hodges
Nanea Hoffman
Danielle Hark
Joelle Marie
Sarah Jickling
Annmarie Otis
Nina Gutin
Hudson Harris
Amanda Riley

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ABOUT RUDY

My name is Rudy Caseres and I am an award-winning public speaker, live-streaming, social media influencer/manager, and storytelling event producer. I am the host of No Restraints with Rudy Caseres where I have live interactive candid discussions with the leading advocates in mental health, human rights, and suicide prevention (currently on hiatus). I also host a monthly panel discussion for The Mighty with the leading mental health advocates in the world. I previously hosted SPSM Chat - Suicide Prevention Social Media where I led lively discussions with various experts in the field of suicidology. I advocate for humane treatment in the mental healthcare system and effective suicide prevention. I have given over 100 presentations in which I have shared my story of living with bipolar, surviving a mental breakdown while serving in the US Army, and fighting against forced psychiatric treatment in front of grad students, doctors, psych ward patients, educators, and youth at junior highs, high schools, and juvenile detention facilities. I have spoken across the country from the California State Capitol at an event headlined by legendary actor Richard Dreyfus to the Shedding Light on Mental Health Conference in Greater Wheeling, West Virginia. My content has been featured in The Mighty, This is My Brave, HealthyPlace, The S Word, OC87 Recovery Diaries, Sweatpants & Coffee, Stigma Fighters, and Schizophrenic NYC. In 2017, I was awarded the NAMI California Outstanding Peer of the Year and I was named one of The Mighty's Mental Health Heroes of 2017. After living in Los Angeles, California most of my life I recently relocated to the Denver, Colorado area.

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