We hope your Thanksgiving was filled with good food, laughter, and some time to rest.
As we head into Giving Tuesday, we’re carrying that same spirit of gratitude into action.
This season, we’re inviting our Village to give to Home for the Holidays—our campaign raising awareness around The Right Response, a national directory connecting people in crisis with trained responders instead of law enforcement.
Please share our directory with your loved ones and network. Â Because too often, our call for help is met with punishment instead of care.
Your support and donations help us change that by expanding our reach, strengthening our resources, and ensuring families across the country know there’s another way forward during a mental health crisis. Â
“A great lesson is find your joy and hold onto it. Don’t let anybody take it away from you.“
— Sheryl Lee Ralph
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CareFest 2025
This month 1M4 travelled to New York to attend CareFest 2025, a space created for caregivers to collaborate, convene, and care for one another. It was an amazingly restorative space where our Founder, Tansy, connected with attendees in the entertainment industry. 1M4 is developing a television series to be pitched to major production and streaming companies that will show viewers the importance of The Right Response to mental health crises. You read that right. 1M4 is creating a television series!
Interested in helping us bring it fruition? Simply reply to this email saying “Let’s do this!” and we will reach out for next steps.
Your Expertise is Needed!
We’re completely revamping The Right Response Directory and need your input to ensure it meets our community’s needs.
This critical resource connects you to alternative first-response programs offering compassionate support through peer responders, clinicians, and trained EMTs for calls like welfare checks, noise complaints, traffic incidents, and mental health crises.
Your feedback is vital for us to improve. Please take a few minutes to complete our confidential survey. Thank you for sharing your thoughts!
A Mental Health Tip For You
Science shows that giving activates the same pleasure centers in your brain as joy or laughter.
So this week, here are some ways to give back:
Share a resource (like our directory)
Volunteer at a local food kitchen or community organization
Leave a nice note for a stranger
Give someone a genuine compliment
Get yourself a treat because you deserve it!
Spread Some Blessings!
The consequences of police violence extend far beyond the loss of life. For families affected, it’s the loss of income, the sacrifice of basic necessities, and the start of a high-cost legal fight. If you have the capacity, consider donating to 1M4. Proceeds help support impacted families and sustain the work of 1M4 toward ending police violence for good.
Can you believe we’re already at the end of November?! As we head into the last month of 2025, the pace picks up. More gatherings, more giving, more to do.
But before the holiday rush sweeps you away, take a breath. You’ve carried a lot this year for your family, community, and people. And you deserve to rest, too.
Through our Home for the Holidays campaign, we’re reminding the Village that giving back also means protecting the Village by spreading awareness of The Right Response, donating to sustain our work, and making sure everyone gets home safely this season.
When you pour into others, don’t forget to pour into yourself. The world asks a lot of us as  Black women (and those who love us), but we move further when we move nourished, grounded, and whole.
We are committed to covering 4000 families in our lifesaving resources by the end of this year. Join 1M4’s private membership community today and shield the village closest to you.
Let’s do this! Shields up!
To ensure our community has the resources provided by 1M4 and are fully empowered to shield their immediate community from harm, our Founder will hold weekly office hours to answer any questions and walk members through our safety resources.
No registration required. Simply join 1M4 through the button below then tap into our online community at 12pm EST every Tuesday starting this week.
Got a pressing question? Reply here and we’ll answer you via email and first thing Tuesday at noon EST.
In October and beyond, help raise awareness of alternatives to police for mental health emergencies. Share the Right Response directory with your local community, snap a few pictures, and let us know about it. We would love to highlight you and your advocacy in our newsletter and social media pages. Share your advocacy results HERE. Whether you shared with two people or 200 people, each life matters.
We are celebrating you as the trusted voice in your community!
Any questions? Simply hit “reply.”
Ready to join in shielding your community? Click HERE
Ok so… we’re on TikTok now! Follow, engage, and rep 1M4 over there. We’re doing our best to reach the people.
Help some Sistas out!
 You Got Your 1M4 Merch Yet?
Visit the 1M4 merch store to make sure you’re representing at court support, protests, or in line at your favorite coffee spot. We want to see YOU in your 1M4 gear. Every purchase goes directly to funding the work of 1M4 increasing access to safety and wellness. Â
