The Yellow Tulip Project (YTP) is a 501 c-3 non-profit with a mission is to smash the stigma surrounding mental illness and to build a community through arts, media, and connection centered programming.

When founder Julia Hansen was in middle school and until her sophomore year in high school she definitely felt alone in dealing with her own depression. The deafening silence and stigma that surrounds the topic kept her from reaching out for help. It took the tragedy of losing her two best friends to suicide when she was a 15 year old high school sophomore for her to find her voice and to speak out.

She and her mom, Suzanne Fox, had an idea – to create a space for determined youth to eradicate stigma, build community, and inspire productive conversations about how to combat the rising rates of suicide. The Yellow Tulip Project was born from this vision. But it doesn’t end until we’ve smashed the stigma and made every person struggling aware that there is help and hope which is why we need YOU.

Learn more about our important work and how to get involved on our website at https://theyellowtulipproject.org/