Solutions for a Mentally Healthy America with Angela Shine LMSW

Radical, Inc., a 501©3 non-profit organization located in Columbus, MS, mission is a nationwide network that promotes mental health awareness and addresses social issues by supporting community organizations with resources, strategies and research. “Lifelong Solutions for a Mentally Healthy America” is the organization’s vision as it seeks to collectively work with communities, faith organizations, and other stakeholders on the local, state and national levels.

Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Angela Shine, LMSW eighteen (18) years of experience as a masters-level social worker along with having a music, arts and media production background, has afforded her the opportunity to work with many local, state and national organizations in promoting, addressing and providing value-unique strategies on mental health awareness. Collaborative efforts that should also be mentioned, not limited, includes working with The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and other prominent national organizations to initiate, Black Voter Empowerment Sunday Series to encourage congregations to vote throughout the nation. This included the development of a national television PSA with a celebrity artist, and marketing and informational materials designed to promote voting participation to enhance the pursuit of social justice, quality education and economic enrichment for families and communities. Radical, Inc. also took the lead in organizing a “Project Safe Neighborhood” initiative, a coalition of twenty (20) faith-based organizations to address violence and other social issues (i.e., mental health, poverty, and health disparities, etc.) in one of the Nashville, TN neighborhoods that has long been designated as having the highest rate of gun violence.