Let’s Unpack It
Mobilizing Caribbean Youth to Make Mental Health A Lived Reality. Est. 2020.
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Latest Blog Post: Suicide Prevention: A Conversation with Caribbean Youth
Latest Blog Post: Suicide Prevention: A Conversation with Caribbean Youth
Let’s Unpack It, with the support of the Pan American Health Organization, Healthy Caribbean Youth, and the Ministry of Health and Wellness (Barbados), convened a suicide prevention youth forum of 40 young people, that aimed to dismantle barriers, confront stigma, and foster solutions rooted in cultural sensitivity and evidence-based advocacy.
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Young Caribbean Minds Digital Hub
Young Caribbean Minds Digital Hub
Welcome to Young Caribbean Minds: The Digital Mental Health Hub for Children and Youth.
Preventing Suicide Amongst Youth: How To C.A.R.E.
Preventing Suicide Amongst Youth: How To C.A.R.E.
Barbados Mental Health Resources Directory
Barbados Mental Health Resources Directory
If you or someone you know is struggling to cope right now, one of the kindest things you can do is to reach out for help. Find a list of downloadable mental health resources here.
Caribbean Mental Health Resources Directory
Caribbean Mental Health Resources Directory
If you or someone you know is struggling to cope right now, one of the kindest things you can do is to reach out for help. Find a list of downloadable mental health resources here.
MORE RESOURCES | Let's Unpack It
MORE RESOURCES | Let's Unpack It
If you or someone you know is struggling to cope right now, one of the kindest things you can do is to reach out for help. Find a list of downloadable mental health resources here.
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Sign up to be an LUI Volunteer
Share your story about a lived experience with a Mental Health challenge
Share your story about a lived experience with a Mental Health challenge
By sharing our stories, we can help normalize talking about mental health, and help others to know that they are never alone.
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Latest LUI Blog Posts
More to de Matter: Beryl, Climate & You
More to de Matter: Beryl, Climate & You
By McKenzie Gooding • August 21, 2024 As an organization created by and for Caribbean youth, the team at Let’s Unpack It is all too familiar with the reality of living in a region constantly at the mercy of nature. Hurricanes, in particular, are part and parcel of life in the Caribbean, powerful, unforgiving natural disasters which devastate communities and even entire countries. For anyone paying attention, the name Beryl - in all its destructive glory - probably rings a bell. That’s because
3 Key Insights on Starting Digital Advocacy
3 Key Insights on Starting Digital Advocacy
By Nianna St. Claire • April 7, 2024, We live in a more technologically advanced world. Gone are the days when people resorted to libraries and books for knowledge. We can now utilize social media, email communication, blogs, and various digital channels to promote and mobilize support for various causes – and that is what digital advocacy is! It allows advocates to reach a wider audience, and compared to traditional advocacy methods, it requires fewer resources, making it more cost-effective.
Amplifying Youth Voices: Prioritizing Mental Health in Global Discourse
Amplifying Youth Voices: Prioritizing Mental Health in Global Discourse
By Dannyelle-Jordan Bailey •April 4, 2024 Frequently, youth voices remain sidelined, mere tokens in spaces where their perspectives should be central. We often hear the rhetoric of "for the youth, by the youth," yet too often it feels like a hollow promise, a checkbox ticked without genuine engagement. Formal gatherings are convened, seats filled with young faces, yet the discussions seem to lack the depth of understanding or genuine consideration of our concerns. It's time we break this pattern
Mind Over Matter: Highlighting the Value of Digital Mental Health Advocacy
Mind Over Matter: Highlighting the Value of Digital Mental Health Advocacy
By Shaniqua Pearce • March 24, 2024Have you ever had a burning question but felt hesitant to voice it? An urge to know more, but you hold back because you don't know how to phrase the question, you don't know who to talk or turn to or you're scared to share what's coming to mind? You're not alone. Throughout our journeys as mental health advocates, each of our team members here at Let's Unpack It has experienced this feeling. As we continue to engage in digital advocacy, we're constantly working
There’s Love in Friendship
There’s Love in Friendship
By Shaniqua Pearce • February 25, 2024February is the month of love and our timelines are filled with roses, debates about the role of gifts in relationships, and deals on everything pink, red, and white. As a young adult who grew up online, I can admit that it’s challenging navigating social media around Valentine's Day for those who are single or focused on other parts of life at the moment. However, this year all the memes about sharing chocolates with a friend made me think more deeply abou
Read other LUI Blog posts
Read other LUI Blog posts
One way we can break the stigma around mental health in the Caribbean, is to share our stories about lived experience. Hear from children and young people living in the Caribbean about what mental health challenges they have faced, and the tools they are using to cope.
Publications
Mental Health in the Workplace Toolkit by EY Caribbean & LUI 🧰
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Mental Health in the Workplace Toolkit by EY Caribbean & LUI 🧰
Priority 1: A Mental Health Framework for Advocates and Project Managers
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Priority 1: A Mental Health Framework for Advocates and Project Managers
Sign onto the Caribbean Youth Mental Health Call to Action
Sign onto the Caribbean Youth Mental Health Call to Action
Other Mental Health Resources
Barbados Society of Psychology Directory
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Barbados Society of Psychology Directory
Directory of Mental Health Services, Trinidad & Tobago
Directory of Mental Health Services, Trinidad & Tobago
FindCare TT Crisis Support Directory
FindCare TT Crisis Support Directory
LUI In The Media
The Regency Review: Q4 2022 Newsletter
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The Regency Review: Q4 2022 Newsletter
6 Tips to Maintain Relationships During the Pandemic 💡
6 Tips to Maintain Relationships During the Pandemic 💡
EnVi Media: “Let's Unpack It: The Young People Destigmatizing Mental Health Across the Caribbean”
EnVi Media: “Let's Unpack It: The Young People Destigmatizing Mental Health Across the Caribbean”
For World Mental Health Day, EnVi spoke with Let's Unpack It, a youth-led, nonprofit mental health advocacy group based in Barbados.
Barbados Today: Experts Call for Intervention to Prevent More Suicides among Youth
Barbados Today: Experts Call for Intervention to Prevent More Suicides among Youth
Capital Media Feature: Let’s Unpack It Explores Mental Health
Capital Media Feature: Let’s Unpack It Explores Mental Health
Healthy Caribbean Coalition: “Let's Unpack It: A Discussion on Suicide Prevention”
Healthy Caribbean Coalition: “Let's Unpack It: A Discussion on Suicide Prevention”
Mornin' Barbados Interview (1:25:18)
Mornin' Barbados Interview (1:25:18)
The People's Business: Make Mental Health a Global Priority
The People's Business: Make Mental Health a Global Priority
UNICEF: Caribbean Youth Demand Action on Mental Health
UNICEF: Caribbean Youth Demand Action on Mental Health
Past Panel Discussions/Fora
UNCTAD Youth Forum 2021 - Day 3 (4:14:30)
UNCTAD Youth Forum 2021 - Day 3 (4:14:30)
🔴 LUI 3 Years In: The Exec Team Reflects…
🔴 LUI 3 Years In: The Exec Team Reflects…
🔴 REPLAY: Mental Health Policy In Bim: A Holistic Approach
🔴 REPLAY: Mental Health Policy In Bim: A Holistic Approach
🔴REPLAY: Building Hope Through Action Panel Discussion
🔴REPLAY: Building Hope Through Action Panel Discussion
🔴 REPLAY: Youth Advocacy In Action - Episode 1
🔴 REPLAY: Youth Advocacy In Action - Episode 1
🔴 REPLAY: Youth Advocacy in Action: Episode 2
🔴 REPLAY: Youth Advocacy in Action: Episode 2
🔴 REPLAY: BYDC: Men, Masculinity & Mental Health
🔴 REPLAY: BYDC: Men, Masculinity & Mental Health
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