Mental Health Advocates of WNY (formerly Mental Health Association of Erie County)

Anti-Stigma Coalition Strategic Review

The world has changed since launching the campaign in 2017. We continue to re-evaluate and adjust our messaging and delivery to open the conversation within diverse communities about mental health and the stigma that still surrounds mental illness. Reducing stigma reduces barriers to treatment.

CATEGORY: Strengthening Partner Capacity
LOCATION: Buffalo, NY
AMOUNT: $25,000
YEAR AWARDED: 2025
WEBSITE: www.mhawny.org

FEATURED IMPACT STORY

April 5, 2024

Perpetual Motion

Have you heard the Tower Foundation’s origin story? It has now been freshly told by Cassandra Gainer in the recent issue of Traffic East, a Western New York journal celebrating entrepreneurial and creative energy. Gainer interviewed daughters Mollie Byrnes and Cynthia Doyle in telling the story of Peter and Elizabeth Tower’s life together and how they came … Continued