The First Campus in America to become a Walt’s Waltz Stigma-Free Environment! The University of South Carolina Upstate is a leading regional public university that transforms the lives of our diverse students, their families, and communities – advancing social and economic mobility throughout the Upstate region. Consistent with the international character of the Upstate, the University promotes global perspectives and serves as a driver of economic growth. We offer innovative courses and programs in a variety of accessible educational formats and locations to meet undergraduate and graduate student needs. We are a community of exceptional, diverse faculty, staff, and students who engage in high-impact experiential learning, cutting-edge research, and deeply-connected community engagement. A University of South Carolina Upstate education empowers students to become lifelong leaders in their professions and communities.
On September 16th, Mayor Know White proclaimed that the City of Greenville is now a Walt’s Waltz Stigma-Free Environment. Click here to read the Proclamation. This is the first municipality and welcome other to join them.
Greenville Center for Creative Arts is a non-profit organization, its mission is to enrich the cultural fabric of the community through visual arts promotion, education, and inspiration. GCCA provides arts education, as well as showcases local artists, and nurtures appreciation and enjoyment in the arts. It houses artists' studios, an emerging artists’ fellowship, exhibitions, free community programs, and classes for all ages. GCCA was recently named as the first Stigma-Free Zone in South Carolina by Walt's Waltz.
Glow Lyric Theatre is a professional vocal arts company that produces opera and musical theatre in direct response to the social and political climate of South Carolina. Glow seeks to produce nationally recognized work that is socially relevant, and serve as a unique example of utilizing theatre for social change.
Sustaining Way envisions a world where all neighborhoods, people and nature thrive. We use education, collaboration, and advocacy to create sustainable and equitable communities. We focus on neighborhoods, our first is Nicholtown in Greenville, SC. We work to ensure that all of our neighbors have their basic needs met now and for all future generations. We are a hub for education around sustainability, which encompasses all that it takes for a community to thrive such as energy efficiency, food security, housing security, waste reduction, and equity & justice. Annie's House, our demonstration site, allows us to show the affordability of sustainable practices and to show what each household can do in this urban setting. We form strategic partnerships to bring resources and assets to the community. We use advocacy to bring attention to the neighborhood and put a megaphone to our neighbors' voices.
At Swamp Rabbit Cafe & Grocery: We are passionate about the source and taste. We want to be a force for good in our community. We treat our customers and suppliers like family. We love what we do and we have fun doing it. We value hard work and creativity. We strive to be environmentally sound, socially just and economically viable. Our Vision: We envision a community that celebrates and supports a just and sustainable food system that allows small local farmers to thrive. Our Mission: To buy, sell and cook with fresh, local food to support a sustainable food system and provide a community space where people come together to celebrate meals.
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System is an integrated healthcare delivery system that provides care from one’s birth through the senior years. We’ve been a partner with the community for over 100 years and have earned a reputation for technological excellence. Spartanburg Regional Health Services District, Inc. is a self-funded, political subdivision of the state of South Carolina and does not receive tax dollars from the community. Our Mission: Advance health together - Our Vision: Be the most trusted partner in health
The Greenville Swamp Rabbits are a professional ice hockey team located in Greenville, South Carolina. They play in the South Division of the ECHL's Eastern Conference and play their home games at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in downtown Greenville. They want our Greenville Community and beyond to understand that asking for help with a mental health struggle takes strength. Swamp Rabbits join Walt’s Waltz’s work to normalize conversations surrounding mental health conditions.
Bridges to a Brighter Future is a nationally awarded comprehensive college access and success program for Greenville County, South Carolina high school and college students whose potential outdistances their circumstances. Bridges is designed to not only expose students to college, but to address and eliminate the personal, social, and cultural barriers that often prevent low-income and first-generation students from achieving college graduation. Bridges to a Brighter Future literally changes lives. Our Mission -To transform the lives of students, whose potential outdistances their circumstances, by providing educational access and opportunity through a comprehensive program that builds self-confidence, resiliency, and leadership in order to break the cycle of poverty through post-secondary education.
Climb @ Blue Ridge was the first climbing gym here in the Upstate and have been providing a climbing facility for the upstate since 1995. Climb @ Blue Ridge is the only gym in the upstate with the capacity for top rope, bouldering, and lead climbing. Our passion is to encourage everyone to experience the sport of climbing.
BARBARA CASTAÑEDA is a mixed media artist working mainly in painting but also including natural and found objects in her work. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2011 with a Bachelors degree of Fine Art in Painting. She has exhibited in Charlotte North Carolina and in Greenville South Carolina where she currently lives with her husband and children. Her studio is in the Bank Building Studios at 1279 Pendleton Street in the Village of West Greenville. Artist Statement: "I imagine my work as how a moment or a place imprints on a person. In collecting images of brain scans and ink blots, I have found that those organic shapes and patches of color have found their way into my abstract landscapes. Memories can be so foggy, unclear, distorted and almost like a static on a screen. Obscured within each piece are song lyrics, poem verses or simply something I remember hearing someone say. These words make up the feel for each piece. Some remain visible while others are hidden among the skies and land. Old photographs, which have been collaged or screen printed, also make their way into some of the paintings. We always remember things, people and places different than they actually are. Looking at photographs can be an uncomfortable experience even when the image is pleasant, in that it reminds you of how quickly time passes by.”
iTrust Wellness Group offers psychiatric medication management and therapy for individuals aged 15 - 75, with office locations in both Greenville and Seneca. We recognize that mental health is just as important as physical health and should be treated with the same level of compassion. Our staff consists of male and female providers, with specialties in treating teenagers, geriatrics, women's issues, substance use, and more. We provide a variety of services including genetic testing and medication-assisted treatment, and are in network with Medicare, Tricare, and commercial insurance plans. As your community's mental health specialists, iTrust Wellness Group looks forward to serving you!
HUB CITY FARMERS MARKET is a non-profit organization committed to increasing the supply, demand, and access of healthy, local food for all. In Spartanburg, we operate a fantastic weekly farmers’ market at Northside Harvest Park in addition to our Mobile Market serving the Greater Spartanburg Area, which is partially supplied by our urban farm. Moreover, all of our efforts focus on improving markets for local food, promoting positive food policies, and advocating for a sustainable local agricultural system that works for all. We couldn’t do what we do without your neighborly support, encouragement, and patronage. Thank you, Spartanburg, for allowing us to help the community! Please visit our website to learn about all of our offerings for this year!
The Children’s Museum of the Upstate (TCMU) began as the dream of a group of mothers who were committed to creating a world-class, play-based learning space for young children in the Upstate region of South Carolina. That dream became a reality when TCMU opened in 2009. Our Mission: To ignite a community of compassionate problem solvers through intentional and inclusive play. Our Vision: To create a world where no barrier is bigger than a dream.
Affordable Compassionate Healthcare for ALL We are Unity Health on Main, a community health center providing Greenville pediatrics and comprehensive primary care health services that are culturally competent and client-driven. With more than 70,000 residents lacking access to affordable healthcare in the Greenville County area, UHM was developed to reduce area health disparities and inequities.
Beta Theta Pi's - Mission is to develop Men of Principle for a Principled Life. Core Values: Mutual Assistance -Betas believe that men are mutually obligated to help others in the honorable labors and aspirations of life. Intellectual Growth -Betas are devoted to continually cultivating their minds, including high standards of academic achievement. Trust - Betas develop absolute faith and confidence in one another by being true to themselves and others. Responsible Conduct - Betas choose to act responsibly, weighing the consequences of their actions on themselves and those around them. Integrity - Betas preserve their character by doing what is morally right and demanding the same from their brothers.
Care Concierge Counselors - Today you are one step closer to a new you where you feel empowered and on a positive path to growth and well-being. As a solution-focused therapist, my goal is to help you uncover your true potential and lead a life that is worth celebrating. While we can't change difficult situations of the past, we can work together to better understand and resolve challenges in your life. By applying complementary therapy approaches and techniques, we will unearth long-standing behavior patterns or negative perceptions that may be holding you back from experiencing a more fulfilling and meaningful life. If you're looking for extra support and guidance through a challenging situation or you're just ready to move in a new direction in your life, I look forward to working with you to achieve your goals.
CHCF - Our goal at CHCF foundation is promote research aimed at identifying populations at-risk for serious mental health disease through genetic/epigenetic testing in order to provide available treatments early on during childhood development. We also aim to transform our understanding of mental health disease by promoting research to identify molecular and biological factors influencing this high-risk population going beyond current well accepted dogma which can be used as a new target for the development of novel curative therapies.
Traci Wright Martin is a contemporary realist artist working primarily in charcoal mixed media portrait and figurative work. She lives and works in Greenville, South Carolina with a studio at The Bank Building Studios in the Village of West Greenville. Her work has been featured in a number of international publications and she has shown extensively in museum and gallery shows throughout the US. She is currently represented by The Grand Bohemian Lodge Gallery.
Artist Statement: “In all my years as an artist, my subject matter always comes back to portrait and figurative work. I am fascinated by people and their individual, complex stories. It is important to me that each and every viewer sees themselves somewhere in my work. I marvel at how we are able to build community with one another, even by the smallest threads of commonality. With these ideas in mind, the overall narrative in my work weaves in and out of a conversation on identity and representation. I carefully choose symbolic design elements to represent larger and more specific themes within each series I produce.“
Gene Xcellence is a small nonprofit organization serving Greenville County, with a mission to empower teenagers and young adults with the essential life skills and resources they need to achieve economic mobility, unlock their full potential, and conquer challenges they may face and a vision to bridge the opportunity gap for teens and young adults. GX achieves their mission and vision by providing programs, workshops, and outreach to help teens and young adults with understanding career opportunities, personal finance, mental health, importance of education and much more!
The Carolina Literacy Project was started to help increase the English literacy of immigrant and refugee children and reduce the learning loss that happens during summer. CLP does this through summer camps located in Greenville & Spartanburg, SC. Our mission is to help immigrant and refugee children in South Carolina increase their English literacy. We are focused on improving the English literacy of immigrant and refugee children by offering a safe and supportive summer camp centered on English literacy while using culturally relevant literacy strategies and innovative techniques to engage students. We offer recreational activities, lunches and snacks as well cultural experiences through organizations that visit our camps. We also provide books to families through donations from our annual book drive in February.
Foundation Academies is the largest and highest-ranking K-12 free public charter school in Trenton, NJ. Founded in 2007, Foundation Academies currently serves more than 1,000 students across two campuses. Despite markedly less funding than Trenton district schools ($7,317 less per pupil), Foundation Academies’ dedicated teachers and scholars are proving that all children, irrespective of race, gender, or socioeconomic background can succeed at a great public school. 100% of Foundation Academy Collegiate graduates are accepted to college.
VEFI-LIBERIA INC.
We at the Vulnerable Empowerment Foundation International Liberia Inc., (VEFIL) are committed to strengthening the public healthcare system so that every person, regardless of ability to pay, has access to affordable and good quality health care services. We anticipate building, and maintaining, a strong relationship, and continue to working with partners, staff, the community, for the successful implementation of our goals and objectives. VEIFL was founded with the aim, to enable a composed manner of health services, for Vulnerable in Liberia, and into countries sharing common borders with Liberia. We are committed to an equitable health future, where clinicians in Liberia, West Africa, and, others in common bordering countries of Liberia, that have the need for such an assistance, and to deliver high quality healthcare to all, regardless of location or patients’ ability to pay.
Ellie Mental Health provides support for a wide range of mental disorders and common mental health issues. We’ve created a comfy, judgment-free zone where you can be authentic, get real about where you’re at in your mental health, and receive the compassionate care you deserve. We strive to break down treatment barriers and provide you with customized counseling services that meet your therapy needs. No matter your concerns, your compassionate Ellie therapist will provide you with the non-judgmental care you deserve. We strive to make our care accessible and affordable to everyone. We offer individual therapy, family therapy and couples therapy.