'Collaborative' fosters community inclusion from a distance
The Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion is built around the principle that participating in community activities is vital for people with serious mental illnesses such as major depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. The near-complete shutdown of group events and public spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic has struck at the heart of its mission.
So the Collaborative needed to get creative.
Pulling together its connections across the country, the Collaborative has created a national conversation around community participation. In late March, the Coll...