W.O. Resident's 2.1 Zoom Explores Creativity & Mental Health

VIRTUAL GROUP - JOIN US MONDAYs at 5 p.m. Host Lynette Sheard, Director of the Mental Health Association in New Jersey's New Jersey Mental Health Players, explores mental health and creativity every week, through insightful interactive discussion and an interview with a special guest from the performing arts community. Zoom in or watch on Facebook Live on the Mental Health Association in New Jersey's Facebook Page for an excellent opportunity to gain valuable information and share collective wellness tips for maintaining emotional well-being. Zoom Meeting ID: 845 9463 4675 Password: 959767 (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84594634675?pwd=Wi9HdWVBYnBaRXdtanZBZFMxN0VIUT09)

On Monday, February 1, Ms. Sheard's guest will be Nikki Lynette. Nikki Lynette is a social impact artist whose individual style is equal parts hip hop, alternative, and pop. A Chicago native, Ms. Lynette fuses mental health activism into her performances & visual art. A proud independent artist, her self-produced tunes are currently featured in popular shows on Netflix, Hulu, Showtime and more.

Ms. Lynette’s success in music licensing has earned its own accolades, including a prominent feature in Billboard Magazine and being invited to speak on a panel at South By Southwest. After a hiatus from releasing new music, she returned to the public eye with a confession: she’d secretly been battling mental health issues. She began writing articles about depression and suicide for prominent sites like BlackDoctor, Afropunk and AllHipHop. She recently gave her first TEDx Talk as a part of TEDx Princeton Women. A proud ambassador for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), Nikki's musical about depression "Get Out Alive" made her the first Black female playwright to be produced by American Music Theatre Project, and the first AMTP work to debut at Steppenwolf Theatre Company.

Ms. Lynette's promotional video can be viewed at https://youtu.be/ZqUKasa5idw.

To contact Ms. Sheard email lsheard@mhanj.org.