In memory of Joseph D. Feaster III, we’re fostering a culture where conversations about mental health and suicide are met with openness, compassion, and understanding.
We’re fostering a culture where conversations about mental health and suicide are met with openness, compassion,
and understanding.
The Feaster Family Foundation was created to turn personal loss into purpose. Our mission is to break the silence surrounding mental illness and suicide—and to ensure that no one has to suffer in isolation.”– Joseph D. Feaster, Jr.
The Feaster Family Foundation was created to turn personal loss into purpose. Our mission is to break the silence surrounding mental illness and suicide—and to ensure that no one has to suffer in isolation.” – Joseph D. Feaster, Jr.
In this short video, Joseph shares his deeply personal story of loss—and his commitment to building hope for others through the Feaster Family Foundation.
The Feaster Family Foundation is dedicated to advancing mental health education, awareness, and advocacy-helping individuals and families access care, reduce stigma, and build compassionate communities of support.
We envision a world where mental health is openly discussed, valued, and supported as an essential part of overall wellbeing.
We foster conversations that break stigma and invite inclusion. Through education, advocacy, and collaboration, we cultivate honest dialogue. In partnership with trusted organizations, we advance this work, ensuring people can find quality mental health resources that are accessible, affordable, and culturally responsive.
Every statistic represents a story that deserves to be heard
Suicide deaths among ages 10-24 increased 62% from 2007 to 2021. Yale School of Medicine
More than 1,292,000 adults experience mental illness each year; 330,000 have serious mental illness
There are 340 people for every one mental health provider in some regions experiencing provider shortages
With your support, we educate communities, advance change, and connect people to life-changing mental health and suicide-prevention resources across Massachusetts.
Comedian Rickey Smiley has spent a lifetime making others laugh. But behind the humor lies a story of heartbreak and resilience. In Sideshow, he shares his deeply personal journey through addiction, grief, and faith — a story that reminds us we are never alone in our pain or our healing.
Stories that remind us hope is always within reach.
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