YouStar History

• YouStar Clinic Opens: Launched professional mental health counseling and medication-related care.

• Warm Line Academy: Continued training volunteers in listening, peer support, and responding to people in need.

• Ongoing QPR Training: Provided suicide prevention training to help community members recognize warning signs and connect others with support.

• First 5K Walkathon: Hosted the inaugural walkathon in honor of World Suicide Prevention Day, bringing the community together around the message, “No One Walks Alone.”

• Target Audience: Korean Americans in the U.S.
• Purpose: To offer emotional support and connect individuals to mental health resources, overcoming barriers like language differences and cultural stigma.

Goal: Early intervention to manage mental health challenges before they escalate into crises.

• Produced video content and documentaries aimed at raising awareness about mental health issues.
• "Unfinished Job" Suicide Prevention Campaign
  • A collaboration with U.S.-Korea suicide prevention efforts, including the release of an ongoing music series.
  • Key Releases:
    • Part 1: "Thank You, Thanks to You" (Jang Hye-jin & Ha Dong-kyun)
    • Part 6: "I Have to Let You Go in My Sorrow" (Kim Ho-yeon)
    • Campaign continues to produce new parts, raising awareness and providing emotional support through music.

Hosted seminars to address mental health issues and provide a platform for discussion and healing.

• Declared the foundation's mission expansion to mental health, becoming a mental health healing organization.
• Launch of "Never Give Up" Campaign
  • Promoted the idea that "sharing spreads," with a focus on healing, support, and raising awareness about mental health.

A charity concert to help leukemia patients, marking the beginning of the foundation’s mission of spreading sharing.