Sally Long Conway: Combining Awareness and Education to Fight Youth Suicide
Sally Long Conway helped launch The Grace Loncar Foundation in honor of her sister, who died by suicide. Sally now serves as the organization’s Executive Director, focusing its efforts on awareness, prevention, and scholarship, providing mental health education help to the children and young adults in the Park Cities community.
Bonnie Cook: Caring for Mental Health in a Digital Space
When the City’s order to close non-essential businesses was issued on March 16, nonprofit Mental Health America (MHA) of Greater Dallas found itself quickly shifting to an online format to continue to serve Dallas residents. Executive Director Bonnie Cook led the MHA Dallas team to find quick solutions for the community who needed to navigate the world of mental health help. By the end of March, the self-assessments on the MHA website saw an 86% increase in traffic compared to the month before, and within two weeks of the first order, MHA was prepared to meet Dallas residents where they were at—in their living rooms, their bedrooms, or even outside on an afternoon walk.