Founded by award-winning counselor, stand-up comic, and author David Granirer who himself suffers from bipolar, Stand Up For Mental Health teaches stand up comedy to people with mental health issues as a way of building confidence and fighting public stigma.
Featured in the Voice Award winning documentary Cracking Up, Stand Up For Mental Health aims to reduce public stigma around mental illness and spread a message of hope and empowerment. People with mental health issues are always being told what they can't do. In this program they get to prove what they CAN do!
For information www.standupformentalhealth.com
or for programs in the Vancouver area smhcomedysociety.org