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Syreeta (Sy) Nolan
@synolan.bsky.social
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I dream of a world without the stigma of #MentalHealth & an #Academia where #disabilities are seen as a hidden strength. Let's change everything! #PublicSpeaker

#BrownSPH MPH Student
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synolan.bsky.social
Parity wasn’t enough. Prevention must be infrastructure.
That’s why I proposed the MHPCA — to ensure preventive care is covered across the lifespan by a new workforce: MHPCPs.
Lives depend on it.

🌱 bit.ly/MHPCP2MHPCA

#MentalHealth #Prevention #PolicyChange #MHPCP #MHPCA
A vibrant digital painting shows a glowing abstract vessel woven of three braided cords — firelight, waterlight, and pure light. The vessel carries the banner of MHPCA as it surges forward. Behind it, a barren landscape of rubble and decay transforms into lush green fields and thriving growth, symbolizing prevention becoming infrastructure. The cords radiate with embedded, clearly legible phrases: Parity Wasn’t Enough, Prevention as Infrastructure, MHPCP: The Workforce of Belonging, and MHPCA: Coverage Across the Lifespan. The horizon glows with rising light, evoking hope, strength, and transformative possibility.
September 27, 2025 at 12:25 AM
synolan.bsky.social
MHPCP has been growing underground, my little vampire plant. 🩸🌱

Decades of hidden roots, fed by blood, sweat, and tears.
Now it has a name. Now it rises.

MHPCP — Mental Health Preventive Care Practitioner.
Not a program. A movement.

See you next Friday. 🌱

#MHPCP #WeRise
In the foreground, a delicate sprout pushes upward, its small leaves tinged red at the edges like they’ve been kissed by flame. The stem is slender but unwavering, rising from soil that looks scorched and brittle. Beneath the surface, a vast web of roots fans out in every direction, intricate and alive, glowing faintly as if lit from within. One central root runs straight down, carrying a vein of crimson like blood coursing through it. Above ground, the world is desolate. Jagged beams and crumbling debris jut out against a smoky orange sky, the aftermath of something catastrophic. There is no sign of water, no softness — only ruin and ash. Yet the plant grows here, insisting on life where everything else has fallen. Its quiet defiance transforms the scene: destruction frames it, but cannot consume it.
September 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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🐾💛 Yesterday I hit submit on my 30-page MHPCP Manifesto to Disability & Society. Today I get to share it with you — and that feels like the start of something real. #MHPCP #DisabilityJustice #MentalHealthPrevention
A playful digital illustration shows a smiling yellow puppy with brown ears, sitting happily and raising one paw under the bold heading “I HIT SUBMIT!” — celebrating submitting a manifesto yesterday. Below, three icons with matching text describe the puppy’s chaotic excitement: a broken picture frame icon with the quote “I didn’t feel limited by word counts—I felt the limitless flow of the Divine,” a shattered vase icon with the quote “This manifesto is not theory alone. It is a reckoning,” and a chewed-up paper icon with the quote “It dares to imagine prevention not as an afterthought, but as a structural intervention.” The overall tone is joyful, playful, and celebratory.
September 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
synolan.bsky.social
Soft soul unveiling.
Not a launch — a landing.

For anyone quietly becoming.
For anyone whispering, “Is it okay to share my truth?”

I named this season with care.
Maybe part of it belongs to you.

Thrive where you rest.
An orange-to-yellow gradient background features a centered green tree whose canopy is shaped like a human brain and whose roots extend broadly beneath it. At the top of the image is the number 221777 in bold cream-colored text. Below the tree, it reads: “THIS IS YOURS. YOU ARE IN ALIGNMENT. KEEP BECOMING.” A smaller version of the tree logo is centered at the bottom.
July 23, 2025 at 12:32 AM
synolan.bsky.social
Count on me to be weird.
I named my book BOOK.
Beyond Our Own Knowledge.
Radical truth. Radical care. A radical ask:
If you're an agent aligned with this vision — reach out.
#BOOK #SoftLaunch #PoeticMemoir #DisabilityJustice #OpenBookHealing
A digital book reveal design featuring a gradient background from golden yellow to teal. Centered at the top is the text: “Count on me to be weird to name my book… BOOK: Beyond Our Own Knowledge.” An open book sprouts a golden tree in the center, with five floating rowboats labeled RADICAL, CARE, BEING, TRUTH, and SPACE. Floating pages and birds rise alongside the tree. The design evokes themes of transformation, courage, and poetic honesty. A digital illustration on a soft gradient background from gold to teal. A golden tree grows from the center of an open book. The tree’s roots show the number 444 and the branches show 511. Birds and feathers fly upward as the text reads: “Dreaming literally and figuratively.” The image radiates peace, purpose, and spiritual reflection.
July 19, 2025 at 4:58 AM
synolan.bsky.social
This is a radical invitation.
To be curious.
To collaborate.
To hold space for care.
MHPCP. Thrive Away. More tomorrow.
#SoftLaunch #RadicalCare #DisabilityJustice #OpenInvitation
A minimalist illustration with deep teal water and waves, where four red-orange rowboats float, each labeled with white capital text: BEING, TRUTH, SPACE, and CARE. Above the boats, the word 'RADICAL' is written in bold cream letters. To the right and below, short poetic first line previews appear from each theme in the series: Radical Truth, Radical Being, Radical Care, and Radical Space. A digital image with a bold orange-yellow to blue-teal gradient background representing sunrise. On the left, a green tree with strong roots grows out of orange earth. On the right, a golden feather gently floats above a ripple in the water. Centered text at the top reads: “I’m building something.” At the bottom are two email addresses: snolan.jade@gmail.com and contact@thriveawaybysyreetanolan.com
July 18, 2025 at 2:07 AM
synolan.bsky.social
This is me. Becoming.
🪶 Thrive Away – rest-rooted housing
🌿 MHPCP – preventive mental health care

#Becoming #SoftLaunch #ThriveAway #MHPCP
A minimalist digital graphic with a horizon scene where deep blue water meets a golden-orange sky. The sun is either rising or setting at the center of the horizon, casting a soft glow. Floating just above the water to the right is a small golden feather. Centered at the top of the image in a large serif font is the phrase 'Almost ready.' The scene is calm and anticipatory. A digitally illustrated image shows a golden feather hovering above a calm ripple of water, set against a gradient background that fades from golden orange at the bottom to deep teal at the top. Two upturned hands rise from the bottom of the image, each cradling a golden leaf, symbolizing care and emergence. The text at the top reads 'This is me. Becoming.' in an elegant serif font. The Thrive Away logo appears in the lower-left corner, containing a glowing feather between two home silhouettes over rippling water.
July 17, 2025 at 12:14 AM
synolan.bsky.social
I’m not where I was.
I’m not yet where I’m going.
But I’m building something I needed.
Something we all deserve.

#SoftLaunch #ThriveAway #MHPCP #DisabilityJustice
A digital graphic featuring centered golden serif text on a soft, dark-to-light blue gradient background. The message reads: “I’m not where I was. I’m not yet where I’m going. But I’m building something I needed. Something we all deserve.” The text is large and visually prominent. In the bottom-left corner is the Thrive Away logo: a small gold feather growing from a stem beside the words “Thrive Away,” evoking peace, grounded care, and transformation. The tone is reflective and affirming — a quiet declaration of work in progress. A digital graphic with a soft vertical gradient background fading from deep blue at the top to warm burnt orange at the bottom. In the center, serif text in light cream reads: “Tomorrow, I will share a taste of work I have held close and gently begin to release.” The text is gentle, well-spaced, and designed for readability. In the bottom-right corner floats a small orange-yellow feather, suggesting lightness and anticipation. The image conveys quiet preparation, softness, and emotional intention.
July 15, 2025 at 11:44 PM
synolan.bsky.social
I love to hate X for cross posting my crowdfunding posts
Screwing me over
My car insurance and registration are both late
I need help even if X wants to say I’m manipulating there platform
I need a platform to ask for help
Not be penalized for using it
Vent over 😔

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White text on black background reads. X Why does my account have a label? We have found that your account may contain spam or be engaging in other types of platform manipulation. You may not use X's services in a manner intended to artificially amplify, suppress information, or engage in behavior that manipulates or disrupts people's experience or platform manipulation defenses on X. What does this mean for my account? The reach of your account may be limited and its content may also be temporarily restricted, such as being excluded from trends, replies, and recommended notifications. Learn more.
June 28, 2025 at 5:46 AM
synolan.bsky.social
STALLED
Brown tells me to stop crowdfunding, but 5 business days -
How will I survive to on or after 7/1
I have no choice
This is not enough for gas in California
My car insurance and registration are late
I need urgent help
190/650

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Hello, Syreeta Bank of America Life Plan® Set, track, achieve. Your goals are in reach. My Rewards Banking ^ Bank of America FDIC logo FDIC-Insured - Backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government Adv SafeBalance Banking $11.12 > Advantage Savings - $0.54 >
June 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
synolan.bsky.social
It is sorrow
It is joy
Somehow mixing
Yet, standing alone in other ways
Brown told me to stop crowdfunding
But how can I stop
Their help won’t come until 5 business days have passed
I need to survive to on or after July 1st
How does this help?

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Syreeta Nolan Just now. 🌎 I am trying to be happy alone, but the mask is doing well to hide my epic depression. My sister died in 2020 and this picture is a moment I got to have with her in hospice. Five years later, I just want my body to stop functioning to be with my mom and my sister who have passed. Joy is fleeting in moments, but I can't keep it like a butterfly 🦋 One moment you see it, the next it is gone. Jun 25, 2020 It is a moment between my sister and I. Above is me, a Black woman with much shorter Sisterlocks and a white mask. I am looking down at my sister in a white cloth mask because was in the time of shortage of masks. My sister is a Black woman seen looking up at me with my tongue slightly out but behind her teeth on a white pillow. Now Image Description - A storefront with PINK + ROSE + CA with a pink background is seen above my head - Pink roses to the left - To the right is me, a Black woman, with Sisterlocks pulled back in a ponytail with locks following over my shoulder. My head is tilted towards the roses Brown University logo with sun above the crest with a red cross making four sections that each have open book symbols Below is a portion of an email that reads: Hello, Your refund has been processed. Refund details are shown below. Please allow up to 5 business days for the funds to be credited to your account. Refund Details Payment Method: SN Checking Refund Amount: $500.00
June 26, 2025 at 2:15 AM
synolan.bsky.social
I am running out of words

$200 immediately that would be great

Thank you so much

Too many messages
Hi, this is a copy of your note that was just sent to all of your donors. Thanks! Hi Syreeta, Syreeta Nolan sent the following message regarding *GradStudentCrisis: • Reply to this email to send Syreeta Nolan a direct message • $3,412 of $6,000 goal DONATE Thank you so much to everyone that has donated here I truly appreciate every single one of you that have donated and I hope that you will continue to donate here or http://spot.fund/k6V8Dvsc I want to get both campaigns to fully funded because I think that is what mom would have wanted for me to be more stable in Southern California
June 20, 2025 at 8:21 AM
synolan.bsky.social
I desperately need help as a grad student with internet from my cell phone company. The fear is palpable at this point that something bad is going to happen. I have been behind on my classes because of my health, so I hadn’t been pushing my crowdfunding
<- Post Syreeta Nolan •@synolan.bsky.social @nolan_syreeta I am so thankful for unemployment right now. It came through for my storage, but at 12am PT: my cell phone bill comes out. I urgently need help. This is the way that I study for my grad school classes while I am outside of my apartment 130/300 V: Syreeta-Nolan PP: nolansyreeta Yesterday 8:20 AM T-Mobile: Your payment to T-Mobile for $165.70 is scheduled to process on 05/31/2025 from account 1971. Please make sure this account has sufficient funds to avoid suspension and collections. Visit https://secure.t- mobile.com/AccountActivity18 to review or update your payment. 5:24 PM • May 30, 2025
May 31, 2025 at 12:34 AM
synolan.bsky.social
I drove 60 miles today for medical appointments and I need to do the same tomorrow, but a full tank of gas is $45.

🚨Please can you help me urgently?🚨

💕💸

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Part of the instrument panel in my car showing the range of 39 miles on my gas. Odometer (ODO in image) at 319348. On the left the gauge shows the car is at medium temperature with 5 bars and looking like 6 bars is the exact medium. P symbol shows that I am safely parked for this photo. The gas is at one bar. The light orange gas is low go get me gas is on. The economy (eco on the image) is a gas saving feature of the car.
April 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
synolan.bsky.social
The only sense of this badge number I can make is he who shall not be named is in a sexual position (69) while smoking weed (420)

This picture has been shared on here before, but my app closed and feed reset before I could quote the original post. Luckily, I don’t follow him on X. I am just

1/3
Elon Musk @elonmusk Subscribe @DOGE Silver badge in a black holder held in his hand. Badge reads: THE DOGEFATHER A seal DOGE 69420 7:01 PM • 28 Apr 25 • 1.2M Views
April 29, 2025 at 2:31 AM
synolan.bsky.social
Thanks to all of you. I was able to get a storage unit. I thought the money from Brown’s grant would support my rent & it didn’t.

Please help with gas & prorated rent ASAP. I can’t do this without you

💗💸

1392/1800

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menu VISTA INTERNATIONAL INC. Your Current Balance $292.70 Next bill due on May 01, 2025 Make a Payment Set Up Autopay May (Next Month) Description/Amount Rent (Prorated) $1,092.70 Due on 05/01/2025 Your Credits & Prepayments -$800.00 Total Balance $292.70
April 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
synolan.bsky.social
My 30 day notice was accepted to move out on May 17th, I need donations

I pour my heart out on an irregular basis on my Patreon. More subscribers would help so much 💸💕

I contacted Brown University about the $5553 tuition, now I wait

1342/1800

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S studentfinancialservices@payment.bro wn.edu To You and You 7:22 AM • • • Student Name:Syreeta Nolan Account Number:xxxxx5462 Your Summer 2025 billing statement is available online at payment.brown.edu and summer charges are due on May 17, 2025 Charges posted after the term due date are due when they are posted. Our Student Account Payment System Guide will help you navigate your account online. New payment methods available including credit/ debit card and TransferMate Global Payments. 8:22 5G • Outlook I would like to pay... Select Option Go! View Account: Syreeta Nolan Balance $5,553.00 View Activity Enroll in Payment Plan Statements i Click the button to view your current account balance and details. View Statement on Demand Your latest eBill Statement (4/21/25) Statement: $5,553.00 View Statements
April 24, 2025 at 12:27 AM
synolan.bsky.social
I’m nervous and question if I will make it to meet my immediate need for gas. This is all the gas I have and I only have $3 in my bank account. Can anyone help me urgently? Goal reset to May’s needs and will be reset to each month’s goal.

1281/2700

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Gas gauge showing 56 miles of range
April 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
synolan.bsky.social
Oh my gosh, this is a direct threat on disabled people. I just got this email from my professor at Brown University who works at the CDC

We need to do something to protect the supports we need and protect this division’s work at the CDC

#Disability
No Office Hours Today 4/4: GPHP2010 Spring25 S01 Using Epidemiology to Make Public Health Decisions GS GPHP2010 Spring25 S01 Using Epidemiology to Make Public Health Decisions To You 5:44 AM • • Dear all, I won't be able to attend the office hour today as I am trying to deal with a sudden impact of the RIF at the CDC for our entire Chronic Disease Division here in Atlanta. I'll go over Case Control studies on Monday. I am attaching the Case Control study I mentioned to you last week on the association between sexual risk behaviors, drug use, and recent HIV infection among MSM living in Chicago and LA Mejia_HIV-1.pdf. I walk you through the study design with emphasis on how cases and control were selected from the population. Have a great weekend and thanks for your understanding, Regards, Roberto
April 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
synolan.bsky.social
The review by X is done and they realized that I wasn’t trying to manipulate the platform. I am just a human who wants to have authentic relationships with friends and to get over this hard patch
#MutualAidBoost #MutualAid

Still at 505/850
🥺

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Red flag to left Text to right reads: Review complete Your account was not found to contain spam or be engaging in other types of platform manipulation. As a result, the temporary label has been removed.
March 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
synolan.bsky.social
I hate X, but a lot of #DisabilityTwitter is still there. I have back up platforms for when goes down: Bluesky, Mastodon, Facebook, Instagram, & Threads. I feel I have safe spaces

I am at 505/850, thank you for your support this birthday weekend. It means a lot 🥹

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X Why does my account have a label? We have found that your account may contain spam or be engaging in other types of platform manipulation. You may not use X's services in a manner intended to artificially amplify, suppress information, or engage in behavior that manipulates or disrupts people's experience or platform manipulation defenses on X. What does this mean for my account? The reach of your account may be limited and its content may also be temporarily restricted, such as being excluded from trends, replies, and recommended notifications. Learn more.
March 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
synolan.bsky.social
I am at the half way point of what I need at 430/850. Thank you all for helping get to this point. Only $420 more to go! I received 2 gifts of $15, can anyone match that? Please boost, I just want peace of mind for birthday on the 26th & I am so close to it.

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Post from George Takei on March 19, 2012 Text reads: From a fan. An example of how the right space makes all the difference. Image is a white piece of piece of paper above a Safeway pin pad. The white piece of paper seems to read: Penis broken. Please Use Finger! Thanks
March 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
synolan.bsky.social
This has to be the most challenging birthday month ever, but I am so thankful for each of you.

I have raised 395/850. The phone/internet is covered! I need to meet this goal for the rent, gas, and the past due oil change on my car

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Syreeta (a Black woman with Sisterlocks half up, silver chain necklace, and white shirt with black sketches) standing by the waterfront at sunset. Over the water is a single seagull with wings outstretched that felt like a sign that her mom was with her and a sun ray. The sun is just about to go under the horizon.
March 20, 2025 at 2:48 AM
synolan.bsky.social
I did such a bad job with laying out my needs because I forgot about gas. I desperately need more help because my gas needs just ate $50 out of the money I raised…. It just keeps going the wrong way because of my error 😩

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#DisabilityCrowdfund #MutualAidRequest
*spotfund™ Not living at my apartment (it isn't my home until the toxic homeless woman is out of it) and staying with my friend is taking 90 extra miles a week to get to my mental and physical health appointments. I desperately need help because of my mistake in helping a homeless mother and her cold that reminded me of the dynamic that I had between my mom. I need to raise my goal to $850 by the 25th. All I want for my birthday on the 26th is peace of mind and it feels like I am asking for too much.
March 19, 2025 at 9:32 AM
synolan.bsky.social
Advice needed pls. How am I supposed to live with my homeless stranger without a restraining order? I thought of setting boundaries with rules, but am I missing rules for someone so toxic… I am still scared

Plus side: I am at 220/750
#MutualAidBoost

Venmo: Syreeta-Nolan

[QT Below]
Without the restraining order, I do need to outline some rules that I need your texted confirmation of receipt and understanding. Verbal confirmation will not be accepted. 1. Stop moving my stuff, I have been traumatized enough by changes. You must have my texted permission to move any of my property. Text must be sent before moves are made and images before and after will be required. 2. Under no circumstances should the piano be uncovered to avoid dust damage 3. If I bring someone over, you have 30 minutes to leave and then be gone for a minimum of one hour. You have no right to information about any of my relationships
March 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM