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Painted Brain co-founders Dave Leon, Rayshell Chambers and David "Eli" Israelian know what it's like to struggle with mental illness. Through their peer-run organization, they've found community-based solutions to help guide those with mental health challenges toward recovery.
California is using some of the fees it collects from the sale of marijuana to help community organizations that serve communities harmed by the war on drugs.
Nonprofits gain funding from unusual source: Marijuana sales JIM RENDON of The Chronicle of Philanthropy, The Chronicle of Philanthropy April 23, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - In this April 20, 2021 file photo, Bridgette King poses for a portrait at a "Joints for Jabs" event in New York. Uncle Sam gave marijuana lovers more reason to celebrate this week as a bipartisan group of lawmakers in the House of Representatives passed a bill that would make it easier for cannabis companies to do business in states where sales are legal. The move comes as more states legalize cannabis sales, most...
Coronavirus is wreaking havoc on schools, stores, businesses and events. With in-person concerts, talks, comedy shows, food festivals and other gatherings cancelled, we have turned our events column into an events/nonevents column. It will remain this way as long as social distancing and stay-at-home orders are in effect. During this difficult time, please consider contributing to your local arts organizations or to individual artists and performers. Listen to Flying Lotus live from Brooklyn. Laugh along with some of comedy's biggest stars to benefit SF Sketchfest. Learn about the accidental...
For a spirited hour and a half during a stand-up-comedy livestream on Saturday, to be the child of a parent with schizophrenia was the norm. Discussion topics included: Is it worse to grow up with a parent with schizophrenia or one with schizoaffective disorder, where you have symptoms of both schizophrenia and a mood disorder? “I think I win,” comedian Johan Miranda said. Comedian Maddie Connors has been spending the pandemic quarantined with someone who has borderline personality disorder — “arguably worse,” she said. Atsuko Okatsuka, the creator of the show “Normalize Everythi...