In honor of World Suicide Prevention Day last September 10th, Southern Calfornia rock quartet Weathers have released their personal rendition of the Britney Spears track “Lucky”.
All proceeds from the track will be donated to Songs That Saved My Life’s benefitting charities including Crisis Text Line, Hope For The Day, The Trevor Project, and To Write Love On Her Arms. You may download/stream the song through this link: smarturl.it/STSMLWeathers
Vocalist Cameron Boyer comments on their decision to contribute a song to the STSML project:
Weathers has always been a champion for mental health and we committed to trying to reduce the stigma around it.
We hope that our cover helps you…maybe bring that song back to life. Thank you.
Watch Boyer further comment on their decision to cover “Lucky” here:
Listen to the track on Spotify here:
Along with this new track, Hopeless Records, with their non-profit arm, Sub City, are thrilled to announce ProjectQ as the 2020 winners of the $10,000 Sub City Songs That Saved My Life grant.
ProjectQ is a non-profit organization founded by Madin Ray Lopez that helps LGBTQIA+ homeless youth navigate a world that perpetually tries to diminish them.
Their mission is to use hair and self-empowerment as a form of social justice. ProjectQ provides free gender affirming haircuts, self-empowering workshops, food & hygiene boxes, gender affirming clothing, chest binders, menstrual products, and so much more to LGBTQIA+ youth experiencing homelessness.
The grant will go towards crisis counseling training for the staff at ProjectQ, as well as funding an on-staff therapist to help the community they service receive mental health resources.
Director Madin Ray Lopez comments:
Mental health stigma in the Black and brown community has kept us from maturing emotionally adding to the odds already stacked against us.These statistics skyrocket when intersecting LGBTQ+ identities are added to one’s plate. It is not our fault as queer people of color that we do not have access, but it will be our fault if we continue passing our trauma to the next generation. At ProjectQ, the buck stops with us. Thanks to this grant, we will be able to provide mental health services for the youth that we service, while also training our staff on crisis intervention.
Learn more about ProjectQ by watching this video: smarturl.it/ProjectQGrant
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