Hope and Resilience: How to Navigate Sociopolitical Stress

Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Start time: 10 AM Pacific | 1 PM Eastern
End time: 11:30 AM Pacific | 2:30 PM Eastern

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This presidential transition is more than politics—it’s a moment that affects our mental health, relationships and communities. For those engaged in mission-driven work, the weight of societal tensions and political climates can feel overwhelming, making it even more challenging to sustain hope and resilience. Join ASA’s mental health partner, Give an Hour, for a conversation on managing sociopolitical stress, fostering well-being, and finding common ground amid uncertainty. Learn practical tools to navigate these pressures, engage constructively, and continue fostering meaningful impact in a constantly changing landscape.

Presenters:

Julie Wells is director of strategic relationships for Give an Hour, and has spent more than 30 years in the nonprofit sector on community-based issues, centering marginalized populations and access to opportunities as the focal point of her work. In 2023 she joined Give an Hour full-time following contract work on peer support as a healing tool after mass violence. She travels the country working with the populations with unique traumas that make it hard to find appropriate support.

Ryan Young is Give an Hour’s marketing and social media manager, and an advocate for mental health, blending creativity, leadership and personal passion to drive meaningful change. His personal encounters with profound loss—including losing a loved one to suicide and the Pulse Mass shooting tragedy—became the driving forces behind his dedication to mental health advocacy.