Out of Breath Out of Mind is an asthma and mental health media and performing arts production that intensifies awareness, acceptance and stimulates action. This entertaining art collective has a way of sparking inspired solutions and collaborations to support the communities most affected by these two devastating health conditions. most prevalent in impoverished communities in Chicago.
Audio
Health Statistics
& Resources
Increasing Awareness through media and performing arts.
Theater
Play and
Monologue
Live acting performances
with the focus on both Asthma & Mental health .
Media
Film, Video & Audio
Interviews of individuals
and professional
experiences with asthma and mental health conditions
Performances
Artist Perfromance
Live musicians, singer, dancers and or spoken word artist.
RAW INTERVIEW
FOOTAGE
MONOLOGUE
FOOTAGE
"African-American children visit the emergency room for asthma twice as often as all other children," said Brenda Battle, vice president of the Urban Health Initiative and chief diversity and inclusion officer for UChicago Medicine. "In this day and age, children shouldn't die from asthma. This center takes a multidisciplinary, multi-provider approach to attacking this problem, and we believe will have immediate and long-term success."
Chicago has long been known as an epicenter for asthma, with higher rates of the disease in minority communities on the city’s south and west sides. A new report examining data from the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) shows little progress in addressing these disparities, with even more troubling trends among children.
HEALTH RESEARCH
In a recent Harris Poll survey of Chicago-area parents of school-age children (ages 5-17), 90% said that the local, state and/or federal governments need to provide more aid to support students’ mental health, and 92% said that school districts ought to prioritize offering mental health services. Pluralities of these parents said that the pandemic harmed their child’s social health (42%) and emotional development (36%), while significant numbers also reported negative effects on behavioral development (35%) and academics (33%).
More than 45,000 Americans died by suicide in 2020, a 30% increase over 2000, making it the 12th leading cause of death in the U.S. Studies have shown that the social and environmental factors where people live, like exposure to violence and crime, access to quality health care, food insecurity, job opportunities and air pollution, are connected to suicide rates.
WHAT PEOPLE SAID
Thank you for allowing
me to be apart of something special.
Brandon Sapp
You were amazing and the team was brilliant. You moved me to tears. The event was inspiring and thought provoking. Thanks for all your labor of love Shavonn.
Troi Tyler
A night of knowlwge and awareness. I learned a lot about other people who are going through things many of us can't even comprehend. Shavonn J is awesome for puting it together.
Charles Stennis
I feel so honored to have been in attendance for "Out of Breath, Out of Mind." I want to thank you Shavonn for having the courage and tenacity to put together a team that allowed us to see your vision!