Mental Health Fair at Marshall Fundamental

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GBLA Project Team (Photo – Felita Kealing)

Marshall Fundamental’s Girls Build Los Angeles (GBLA) Challenge team to Host Stronger Than the Stigma, Mental Health Fair.

By Sara Hernandez

Stronger Than the Stigma, Mental Health Fair will take place on Saturday, April 27, 2019 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Marshall Fundamental Sports Complex.

As the school year comes to a close, the team is excited to culminate this year’s project with a Mental Health Fair. The fair includes activities booths, yoga, mindfulness, and art. In addition there will be music, guest speakers, and more!

GBLA April 27th flyer designed by Arianah Rizzo

About GBLA

GBLA Team is composed of 31 girls, with members ranging from sixth to twelfth grades, and three advisors. On December 15, 2017, forty-five Marshall Fundamental female students and five chaperones attended a GBLA Leadership Summit. There were approximately 10,000 females in attendance, and they heard from many impressive and strong women including; U.S. Senator Kamala Harris; American Business Woman, Bozoma Saint John; Olympic Athlete, Ibtihaj Muhammad; 2016 Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton; and many more. The stories they told were tremendously inspirational and empowering.

In September of the 2018-2019 school year, a handful of girls took action and formed the Marshall Fundamental GBLA Club. Since then, they have organized under a health and wellness platform and have been working very hard in raising awareness in the area of Mental Health Stigmas, and bringing a more friendly and inclusive environment to fellow Marshall Fundamental community. The primary goals are to raise awareness, provide prevention information, and intervention resources in the area of mental health stigmas, while also providing our peers with a space for conversation.

Sara Hernandez is a Freshman at Marshall Fundamental School. She is the President of the Girls Build Los Angeles Club, a student in the Puente Project, and a scholar athlete participating in both Girls Soccer and on the Track & Field Throwing Teams.