No Shame on U Podcast Features Michelle Hammer
Michelle Hammer’s Bold Fight Against the Stigma of Mental Illness
Join us for an inspiring conversation with Michelle Hammer, founder of Schizophrenic.NYC and fearless mental health advocate. Diagnosed with schizophrenia at 22, Michelle transformed her experience into a groundbreaking fashion brand that’s sparking crucial conversations about mental health. Michelle shares her journey from navigating a misdiagnosis to building a movement that combines art, activism, and entrepreneurship to challenge the stigma around schizophrenia. Discover how one woman’s fearless approach to mental health advocacy is changing minds and lives through the power of design and honest conversation.
What is No Shame On U?
No Shame On U achieves its mission through community outreach programs, classes, and workshops, an online presence of over 124,000 social media followers, a weekly blog and podcasts, and the posting and distribution of our resource guides, flyers, videos, and educational presentations. We partner with organizations throughout the community and the country and are known for our inclusive, consistent, and responsive programming for people of all ages and backgrounds.
Michelle Hammer is a schizophrenia activist and spends her time passionately fighting stigma. She is an NYC native featured in the WebMD documentary Voices, which was nominated for a Tribeca X Award at the Tribeca Film Festival. Michelle was diagnosed with schizophrenia at 22 after a misdiagnosis of bipolar at age 18. At 27, Michelle decided to use her artistic talents and fearless personality to do something that could benefit the mental health community. In May 2015, she founded a mental health-focused clothing brand called Schizophrenic NYC, which is a clothing brand with the mission of reducing stigma by starting conversations about mental health.
