Meet Kirk. He believes managing mental health should be done in community - and he’s got plenty of lived experience & stories to prove it. This executive director and mental health leader has spent 20 years working with economically disadvantaged families and actively recruited rabid fans to become activists in educating, empowering & embracing communities in need. And his org, HANDY Inc, is doing it, one child at a time. Tune in for the story of how a hamster funeral embodied the core of how to care for your mission and people equally. Bring tissues🤧

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• Protecting the well-being of the nonprofit superheroes who save lives
• Defining micro and macro harm
• Counsel for NP leaders on prioritizing the well-being of their staff, volunteers, and those surrounding their missions. 
• Overview of Handy’s mission

Today’s Guest
Kirk Brown, CEO, HANDY Inc.

Episode Highlights

• Kirk’s story and journey to where he is today (4:00)
• Overview of HANDY (4:05)
• Over the past 2 years reflection (10:00)
• Macro harm that turns into micro hate in communities and homes (12:35)
• How to support your staff through this time in our world (17:00)
• Making the unique case for our needs (24:00)
• Mental Health Today: Kindness is not difficult. (30:00)
• Be a human being and ask your staff: (31:00)
  • How are we doing?
  • How are you on your 5 year plan?
  • If you were me, what would you do different so your job could be easier?
• Kirk’s One Good Thing: You don’t know everything. (37:00)
• How to connect with HANDY Inc. (45:00)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/335

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