Born This Way Foundation
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Led by @ladygaga + @momgerm, we're on a mission to empower and inspire young people to build a kinder, braver world that supports their mental health.
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We are proud to announce our 2025-2027 #KindnessInCommunityFund grant recipients. 🤲💖🌎
These grassroots organizations support youth mental health, housing, food, safety, belonging, and more: www.channelkindness.org/2025-kindnes...
These grassroots organizations support youth mental health, housing, food, safety, belonging, and more: www.channelkindness.org/2025-kindnes...
"True leadership isn’t about the power you hold; it’s about the power you give others." - Anjani S. www.channelkindness.org/minds-withou...
#ChannelKindness #BeKind365
#ChannelKindness #BeKind365
December 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"True leadership isn’t about the power you hold; it’s about the power you give others." - Anjani S. www.channelkindness.org/minds-withou...
#ChannelKindness #BeKind365
#ChannelKindness #BeKind365
We are proud to announce our 2025-2027 #KindnessInCommunityFund grant recipients. 🤲💖🌎
These grassroots organizations support youth mental health, housing, food, safety, belonging, and more: www.channelkindness.org/2025-kindnes...
These grassroots organizations support youth mental health, housing, food, safety, belonging, and more: www.channelkindness.org/2025-kindnes...
December 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
We are proud to announce our 2025-2027 #KindnessInCommunityFund grant recipients. 🤲💖🌎
These grassroots organizations support youth mental health, housing, food, safety, belonging, and more: www.channelkindness.org/2025-kindnes...
These grassroots organizations support youth mental health, housing, food, safety, belonging, and more: www.channelkindness.org/2025-kindnes...
"Youth bring proximity, courage, and creativity. Adults bring networks, structure, and experience. When both sides meet with respect, real transformation follows." - Nojus #ChannelKindness #BeKind365
As Nojus shares through his work with the Youth for Women Foundation, meaningful activism happens when youth + adults join forces, and we appreciate the adults who invest their time, guidance + support. #ChannelKindness #BeKind365 www.channelkindness.org/lessons-in-k...
Lessons in Kindness and Shared Power From Iraq’s Young and Old - Channel Kindness
I want to bring you to Iraq for a few minutes — not the Iraq you see on the news, but the one that raised me. The one where kindness has to be practical, not poetic. Where people have learned to survi...
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December 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"Youth bring proximity, courage, and creativity. Adults bring networks, structure, and experience. When both sides meet with respect, real transformation follows." - Nojus #ChannelKindness #BeKind365
"Meditation and yoga have taught me that caring for my mental health doesn’t always mean following grand gestures or complicated routines. Sometimes, it’s as simple as closing my eyes, focusing on my breath, and allowing myself to be fully present." - Niharika #ChannelKindness #BeKind365
Consider trying "Pranayama," a breathing practice that means “control of breath." Learn more about the practice and mindfulness from this teen, Niharika. #ChannelKindness #BeKind365
www.channelkindness.org/finding-calm/
www.channelkindness.org/finding-calm/
Finding Calm in a Chaotic World - Channel Kindness
In today’s fast-paced and often overwhelming world, finding moments of calm can feel difficult, especially when it feels like social media and toxic productivity culture is always pushing us to consta...
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December 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
"Meditation and yoga have taught me that caring for my mental health doesn’t always mean following grand gestures or complicated routines. Sometimes, it’s as simple as closing my eyes, focusing on my breath, and allowing myself to be fully present." - Niharika #ChannelKindness #BeKind365
"What makes us human isn’t our ability to perform technical tasks...but the emotions and connections we share with each other—like love, empathy, trust, and happiness." -Ana
Leadership comes from empathy and kindness, from being someone others can trust, Ana says. #ChannelKindness #BeKind365 www.channelkindness.org/a-lesson-fro...
A Lesson From My Kung Fu Master - Channel Kindness
Everyone has a place where they feel safe. For me, that place is a person—my kung fu master. He helped me understand what makes humans unique, something no robot could ever replace. One evening at my ...
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December 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
"What makes us human isn’t our ability to perform technical tasks...but the emotions and connections we share with each other—like love, empathy, trust, and happiness." -Ana
"All because of one kind comment. One moment of someone treating me with kindness." - Claudia #ChannelKindness #BeKind365
Claudia shares the three words a friend told her that changed her life + hopes they resonate with you, too. #ChannelKindness #BeKind365 www.channelkindness.org/three-words-...
Three Words That Changed My Life - Channel Kindness
At the start of 2024, I was diagnosed with a form of heart failure. Now, I’m no stranger to medical challenges – having spent nine years in and out of hospital due to cancer and its side effects – but...
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December 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"All because of one kind comment. One moment of someone treating me with kindness." - Claudia #ChannelKindness #BeKind365
"Healing isn’t about pretending the world isn’t burning; it’s about finding calm within the chaos, like the ocean does after every storm." - Ajay #ChannelKindness #BeKind365
By combining art and activism, Ajay shares how he tackles his eco-anxiety + how you can, too. #ChannelKindness #BeKind365
www.channelkindness.org/artivism/
www.channelkindness.org/artivism/
Artivism Changed How I Look at Eco-Anxiety - Channel Kindness
Let’s get one thing straight — I have never been the type of person who can just chill. Sitting still feels like a personal attack, and my brain has a bad habit of running at 100 mph even when nothing...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:45 PM
"Healing isn’t about pretending the world isn’t burning; it’s about finding calm within the chaos, like the ocean does after every storm." - Ajay #ChannelKindness #BeKind365
"You’ll find home within yourself." #ChannelKindness #BeKind365
When this youth immigrated to a new country, she came with anxiety, depression, and homesickness. Seeking support helped her carry the weight differently, finding community, strength, and a sense of belonging. #ChannelKindness #BeKind365 www.channelkindness.org/between-two-...
Between Two Worlds: Finding Peace in a New Land - Channel Kindness
When I first landed in this country, I carried two bags: one filled with everything I could bring from home, and another, invisible one, heavy with anxiety and depression that I didn’t yet have words ...
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December 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"You’ll find home within yourself." #ChannelKindness #BeKind365
This Thanksgiving, we’re grateful for you and the kindness you bring to our community. 🧡
Use our #BeKind365 Gratitude Postal Service (GPS) to make someone’s day with an affirming and uplifting message 💌✨
bekind365.world/gps/
Use our #BeKind365 Gratitude Postal Service (GPS) to make someone’s day with an affirming and uplifting message 💌✨
bekind365.world/gps/
November 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This Thanksgiving, we’re grateful for you and the kindness you bring to our community. 🧡
Use our #BeKind365 Gratitude Postal Service (GPS) to make someone’s day with an affirming and uplifting message 💌✨
bekind365.world/gps/
Use our #BeKind365 Gratitude Postal Service (GPS) to make someone’s day with an affirming and uplifting message 💌✨
bekind365.world/gps/
"...hope still exists, kindness still spreads, and better days are already on their way, even when it doesn’t always feel like it." - Maja Adamczyk 💖
#ChannelKindness #BeKind365
https://www.channelkindness.org/the-world-is-getting-better/
#ChannelKindness #BeKind365
https://www.channelkindness.org/the-world-is-getting-better/
We have so much to be hopeful about. 💚
✍️: Maja Adamczyk
#ChannelKindness #BeKind365 channelkindness.org/the-world-is-getting-better/
✍️: Maja Adamczyk
#ChannelKindness #BeKind365 channelkindness.org/the-world-is-getting-better/
The World Is Getting Better - Even When It Doesn’t Feel Like It. - Channel Kindness
The world is getting better—even when it doesn’t feel like it It often feels like everywhere you look, something is going wrong. The news, social media, conversations—everything seems filled with bad ...
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November 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
"...hope still exists, kindness still spreads, and better days are already on their way, even when it doesn’t always feel like it." - Maja Adamczyk 💖
#ChannelKindness #BeKind365
https://www.channelkindness.org/the-world-is-getting-better/
#ChannelKindness #BeKind365
https://www.channelkindness.org/the-world-is-getting-better/
"Encourage the girl who doubts herself. Celebrate the woman who speaks up. Challenge stereotypes when you see them."
- Batul #ChannelKindness #BeKind365
- Batul #ChannelKindness #BeKind365
Women make up only 28% of the STEM global workforce. Batul shares how she got involved in STEM and how other women can, too. #ChannelKindness #BeKind365
www.channelkindness.org/women-in-stem/
www.channelkindness.org/women-in-stem/
Women in STEM: Why Representation Matters - Channel Kindness
I joined my first coding class when I was fourteen. I hadn’t really planned to, computer science never felt like it was “for someone like me.” When I walked into that classroom, sat down, and looked a...
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November 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
"Encourage the girl who doubts herself. Celebrate the woman who speaks up. Challenge stereotypes when you see them."
- Batul #ChannelKindness #BeKind365
- Batul #ChannelKindness #BeKind365
It’s #WorldKindnessDay 💖 and we have something exciting to share! 🤫
Led by our Youth Advisory Board, we’ve selected the 2025–2026 #KindnessInCommunityFund grant recipients that are helping us build a kinder, braver world 🌍✨ Stay tuned for the big reveal!
Led by our Youth Advisory Board, we’ve selected the 2025–2026 #KindnessInCommunityFund grant recipients that are helping us build a kinder, braver world 🌍✨ Stay tuned for the big reveal!
November 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
It’s #WorldKindnessDay 💖 and we have something exciting to share! 🤫
Led by our Youth Advisory Board, we’ve selected the 2025–2026 #KindnessInCommunityFund grant recipients that are helping us build a kinder, braver world 🌍✨ Stay tuned for the big reveal!
Led by our Youth Advisory Board, we’ve selected the 2025–2026 #KindnessInCommunityFund grant recipients that are helping us build a kinder, braver world 🌍✨ Stay tuned for the big reveal!
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Today’s the day! 💚 Join us for our final #ChannelKindness Storytellers Club sessions of the year happening today at 11am ET with @mychal3ts.bsky.social + 7pm ET with @/trayreadthat!
Both are free moments to write, share + connect. RSVP: www.channelkindness.org/the-storytel...
Both are free moments to write, share + connect. RSVP: www.channelkindness.org/the-storytel...
Every act of kindness starts with a story 💫📖 Join us on #WorldKindnessDay (Thurs. 11/13) for our final Channel Kindness Storytellers Club writing workshops of the year!
🕚 11am ET co-hosted by @mychal3ts.bsky.social
🕖 7pm ET co-hosted by @/trayreadthat
RSVP: www.channelkindness.org/the-storytel...
🕚 11am ET co-hosted by @mychal3ts.bsky.social
🕖 7pm ET co-hosted by @/trayreadthat
RSVP: www.channelkindness.org/the-storytel...
November 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Today’s the day! 💚 Join us for our final #ChannelKindness Storytellers Club sessions of the year happening today at 11am ET with @mychal3ts.bsky.social + 7pm ET with @/trayreadthat!
Both are free moments to write, share + connect. RSVP: www.channelkindness.org/the-storytel...
Both are free moments to write, share + connect. RSVP: www.channelkindness.org/the-storytel...
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🚨 LAST CALL 🚨
Riley’s Way Foundation is celebrating young people (ages 14–23 in the U.S.) who lead with empathy, purpose + community at heart. Share your story, written or on video, for a chance to be featured or win up to $500!
Apply by November 13 at rileysway.org/essaycontest 💚
Riley’s Way Foundation is celebrating young people (ages 14–23 in the U.S.) who lead with empathy, purpose + community at heart. Share your story, written or on video, for a chance to be featured or win up to $500!
Apply by November 13 at rileysway.org/essaycontest 💚
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
🚨 LAST CALL 🚨
Riley’s Way Foundation is celebrating young people (ages 14–23 in the U.S.) who lead with empathy, purpose + community at heart. Share your story, written or on video, for a chance to be featured or win up to $500!
Apply by November 13 at rileysway.org/essaycontest 💚
Riley’s Way Foundation is celebrating young people (ages 14–23 in the U.S.) who lead with empathy, purpose + community at heart. Share your story, written or on video, for a chance to be featured or win up to $500!
Apply by November 13 at rileysway.org/essaycontest 💚
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www.channelkindness.org/10-ways-to-f...
A pause in SNAP benefits directly impacts some of our most vulnerable community members. Here are 10 meaningful ways to take action today: #ChannelKindness #BeKind365
A pause in SNAP benefits directly impacts some of our most vulnerable community members. Here are 10 meaningful ways to take action today: #ChannelKindness #BeKind365
10 Ways To Feed Your Community - Channel Kindness
As of November 1st, over 42 million Americans including children, seniors, and families are without access to SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)—the largest federal nutrition assistance ...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
www.channelkindness.org/10-ways-to-f...
A pause in SNAP benefits directly impacts some of our most vulnerable community members. Here are 10 meaningful ways to take action today: #ChannelKindness #BeKind365
A pause in SNAP benefits directly impacts some of our most vulnerable community members. Here are 10 meaningful ways to take action today: #ChannelKindness #BeKind365
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Every act of kindness starts with a story 💫📖 Join us on #WorldKindnessDay (Thurs. 11/13) for our final Channel Kindness Storytellers Club writing workshops of the year!
🕚 11am ET co-hosted by @mychal3ts.bsky.social
🕖 7pm ET co-hosted by @/trayreadthat
RSVP: www.channelkindness.org/the-storytel...
🕚 11am ET co-hosted by @mychal3ts.bsky.social
🕖 7pm ET co-hosted by @/trayreadthat
RSVP: www.channelkindness.org/the-storytel...
November 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Every act of kindness starts with a story 💫📖 Join us on #WorldKindnessDay (Thurs. 11/13) for our final Channel Kindness Storytellers Club writing workshops of the year!
🕚 11am ET co-hosted by @mychal3ts.bsky.social
🕖 7pm ET co-hosted by @/trayreadthat
RSVP: www.channelkindness.org/the-storytel...
🕚 11am ET co-hosted by @mychal3ts.bsky.social
🕖 7pm ET co-hosted by @/trayreadthat
RSVP: www.channelkindness.org/the-storytel...
Active allies do more than express support. They take action. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️💪
Our new guide, Advocate for LGBTQ+ Young People: A Guide on How to Be an Active Ally, shares youth-informed steps you can take to build kinder communities.
Learn more + download: bornthisway.foundation/research/adv...
Our new guide, Advocate for LGBTQ+ Young People: A Guide on How to Be an Active Ally, shares youth-informed steps you can take to build kinder communities.
Learn more + download: bornthisway.foundation/research/adv...
November 7, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Active allies do more than express support. They take action. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️💪
Our new guide, Advocate for LGBTQ+ Young People: A Guide on How to Be an Active Ally, shares youth-informed steps you can take to build kinder communities.
Learn more + download: bornthisway.foundation/research/adv...
Our new guide, Advocate for LGBTQ+ Young People: A Guide on How to Be an Active Ally, shares youth-informed steps you can take to build kinder communities.
Learn more + download: bornthisway.foundation/research/adv...
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Alexandra seeks to remind us how very powerful a tool anger can be for social justice and in changing the narrative. #ChannelKindness #BeKind365
www.channelkindness.org/do-not-be-af...
www.channelkindness.org/do-not-be-af...
Do Not Be Afraid To Anger - Channel Kindness
Anger—the least sought—after emotion. Perhaps I am influenced by the signs left up in elementary classrooms: Anger, a bright red figure with its fists clenched, demeaned by the words above saying, “Ho...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Alexandra seeks to remind us how very powerful a tool anger can be for social justice and in changing the narrative. #ChannelKindness #BeKind365
www.channelkindness.org/do-not-be-af...
www.channelkindness.org/do-not-be-af...
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Stressed with exams? Here are 10 tools Hanna keeps in her Midterms Survival Kit #ChannelKindness #BeKind365
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Midterms Survival Kit - Channel Kindness
Whether you’re a grad student like I am, a freshman facing your first week of midterms, or somewhere in the middle, you probably know that this stretch of the semester tests more than just your knowle...
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November 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Stressed with exams? Here are 10 tools Hanna keeps in her Midterms Survival Kit #ChannelKindness #BeKind365
www.channelkindness.org/midterms-sur...
www.channelkindness.org/midterms-sur...
#repost via @anania00.bsky.social : you can be kind anytime, anywhere. you could make someone’s day in the next 30 seconds. take the #BeKind365 pledge today: bekind365.world/take-the-ple...
this video was created in partnership with
Born This Way Foundation
this video was created in partnership with
Born This Way Foundation
November 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
#repost via @anania00.bsky.social : you can be kind anytime, anywhere. you could make someone’s day in the next 30 seconds. take the #BeKind365 pledge today: bekind365.world/take-the-ple...
this video was created in partnership with
Born This Way Foundation
this video was created in partnership with
Born This Way Foundation
"Let’s make sure every teen learns not just how to drive on the internet, but how to do it kindly, safely, and with confidence." - Jeremy L. #ChannelKindness #BeKind365
www.channelkindness.org/drive-safely...
www.channelkindness.org/drive-safely...
November 3, 2025 at 8:39 PM
"Let’s make sure every teen learns not just how to drive on the internet, but how to do it kindly, safely, and with confidence." - Jeremy L. #ChannelKindness #BeKind365
www.channelkindness.org/drive-safely...
www.channelkindness.org/drive-safely...
💛 For #WorldMentalHealthMonth, we’re grateful to have joined Cotton On Foundation’s global Mental Health Collective, spotlighting impact for youth mental health 🌍
Earn your free #BeThereCertificate + learn how to support yourself + others: certificate.bethere.org/cottonon
Earn your free #BeThereCertificate + learn how to support yourself + others: certificate.bethere.org/cottonon
November 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
💛 For #WorldMentalHealthMonth, we’re grateful to have joined Cotton On Foundation’s global Mental Health Collective, spotlighting impact for youth mental health 🌍
Earn your free #BeThereCertificate + learn how to support yourself + others: certificate.bethere.org/cottonon
Earn your free #BeThereCertificate + learn how to support yourself + others: certificate.bethere.org/cottonon
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Personally having C-PTSD, depression, and anxiety, plus knowing how the world is right now, I wanted to spend my evening learning instead of doom scrolling. So, I got Be There Certified. I learned a lot and I hope to be able to help better, if it's ever needed. Plus, it was free to do.
October 29, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Personally having C-PTSD, depression, and anxiety, plus knowing how the world is right now, I wanted to spend my evening learning instead of doom scrolling. So, I got Be There Certified. I learned a lot and I hope to be able to help better, if it's ever needed. Plus, it was free to do.
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Change is in the air 🍁 Join us tomorrow, Oct 30 at 7PM ET for our virtual #ChannelKindness Storytellers Club workshop! ✨
Reflect, write, and celebrate stories of resilience + growth. 📝💚 RSVP: www.channelkindness.org/the-storytel...
Reflect, write, and celebrate stories of resilience + growth. 📝💚 RSVP: www.channelkindness.org/the-storytel...
October 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Change is in the air 🍁 Join us tomorrow, Oct 30 at 7PM ET for our virtual #ChannelKindness Storytellers Club workshop! ✨
Reflect, write, and celebrate stories of resilience + growth. 📝💚 RSVP: www.channelkindness.org/the-storytel...
Reflect, write, and celebrate stories of resilience + growth. 📝💚 RSVP: www.channelkindness.org/the-storytel...
Our Youth Advisory Board member, Maya, reminded us that it’s okay to pause, ask for help, and support each other.
The #BeThereCertificate teaches us how to start these conversations and show up for the people in our lives. ✨
Earn your Certificate today: certificate.bethere.org/cottonon
The #BeThereCertificate teaches us how to start these conversations and show up for the people in our lives. ✨
Earn your Certificate today: certificate.bethere.org/cottonon
October 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Our Youth Advisory Board member, Maya, reminded us that it’s okay to pause, ask for help, and support each other.
The #BeThereCertificate teaches us how to start these conversations and show up for the people in our lives. ✨
Earn your Certificate today: certificate.bethere.org/cottonon
The #BeThereCertificate teaches us how to start these conversations and show up for the people in our lives. ✨
Earn your Certificate today: certificate.bethere.org/cottonon