Uploaded November 2015 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The odds aren't always in your favor when you struggle with mental illness, but Project UROK & the HPA want you to know that you're not alone. Share your story using #MyHungerGames or at MyHungerGames.Org
Subscribe to the HPA to never miss a video: youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=thehpalliance
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Join Project UROK and the Harry Potter Alliance in fighting the stigma around mental illness and economic inequality. We want to hear from you! How has economic inequality impacted your mental health experience? Use the hashtag #MyHungerGames to tell your story on social media, and visit our website to learn how to make a video for Project UROK and the #MyHungerGames blog.
What is #MyHungerGames? Based on 2014’s social media conversations around the Mockingjay movie release and the real life impact of economic inequality, the #MyHungerGames blog will serve as a place to learn about how economic inequality impacts real people in areas like mental health, criminal justice, the environment, and more. It will also serve as a call to action, offering opportunities to visitors to help decrease the stigma and increase access to mental health services in their communities.
Throughout The Hunger Games series, many characters deal with mental illness. Katniss’ mother lives with depression, Haymitch struggles with addiction, Peeta becomes dissociated from reality, and Katniss struggles with PTSD following her time in the arena. Yet throughout the series, there seem to be no mental health resources available. In Panem’s poorest districts, people who need quality mental health services are forced to go without.
Sadly, this injustice isn’t limited to dystopian fiction. In the real world, many people go without mental health services because of economic inequality.
Ready to tell your story? Submit a video to Project UROK by following the instructions here! Have questions? Please contact projecturok@gmail.com or katieb@thehpalliance.org.
We’re excited to hear your story, and we can’t wait to see how you will help change the world!
Project UROK is a nonprofit organization founded in 2014 by Jenny Jaffe. Our mission is to create funny, meaningful videos for teenagers struggling with mental health issues, made by people who have been there before. In doing so, we will provide not only practical assistance, but also a sense of belonging, a sense of comfort, and a sense of hope.
IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS IN IMMEDIATE DANGER OF SELF-HARMING OR COMMITTING SUICIDE, PLEASE DIAL 911, OR THE SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE: 1-800-273-8255
Check out our resources page here: projecturok.org/resources
ProjectUROK.org
Follow us on Twitter: @projectUROK
Follow us on Instagram: @projectUROK
Follow us on Tumblr: tumblr.com/projecturok
Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/projecturok
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End screen music: "Stampy" by Lemon Demon
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Keep up to date with the Harry Potter Alliance:
Join our mailing list thehpalliance.org/hpa-signup
thehpa.org
facebook.com/thehpalliance
twitter.com/thehpalliance
thehpalliance.tumblr.com
instagram.com/thehpalliance
Snapchat: thehpalliance
The odds aren't always in your favor when you struggle with mental illness, but Project UROK & the HPA want you to know that you're not alone. Share your story using #MyHungerGames or at MyHungerGames.Org
Subscribe to the HPA to never miss a video: youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=thehpalliance
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Join Project UROK and the Harry Potter Alliance in fighting the stigma around mental illness and economic inequality. We want to hear from you! How has economic inequality impacted your mental health experience? Use the hashtag #MyHungerGames to tell your story on social media, and visit our website to learn how to make a video for Project UROK and the #MyHungerGames blog.
What is #MyHungerGames? Based on 2014’s social media conversations around the Mockingjay movie release and the real life impact of economic inequality, the #MyHungerGames blog will serve as a place to learn about how economic inequality impacts real people in areas like mental health, criminal justice, the environment, and more. It will also serve as a call to action, offering opportunities to visitors to help decrease the stigma and increase access to mental health services in their communities.
Throughout The Hunger Games series, many characters deal with mental illness. Katniss’ mother lives with depression, Haymitch struggles with addiction, Peeta becomes dissociated from reality, and Katniss struggles with PTSD following her time in the arena. Yet throughout the series, there seem to be no mental health resources available. In Panem’s poorest districts, people who need quality mental health services are forced to go without.
Sadly, this injustice isn’t limited to dystopian fiction. In the real world, many people go without mental health services because of economic inequality.
Ready to tell your story? Submit a video to Project UROK by following the instructions here! Have questions? Please contact projecturok@gmail.com or katieb@thehpalliance.org.
We’re excited to hear your story, and we can’t wait to see how you will help change the world!
Project UROK is a nonprofit organization founded in 2014 by Jenny Jaffe. Our mission is to create funny, meaningful videos for teenagers struggling with mental health issues, made by people who have been there before. In doing so, we will provide not only practical assistance, but also a sense of belonging, a sense of comfort, and a sense of hope.
IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS IN IMMEDIATE DANGER OF SELF-HARMING OR COMMITTING SUICIDE, PLEASE DIAL 911, OR THE SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE: 1-800-273-8255
Check out our resources page here: projecturok.org/resources
ProjectUROK.org
Follow us on Twitter: @projectUROK
Follow us on Instagram: @projectUROK
Follow us on Tumblr: tumblr.com/projecturok
Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/projecturok
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End screen music: "Stampy" by Lemon Demon
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Keep up to date with the Harry Potter Alliance:
Join our mailing list thehpalliance.org/hpa-signup
thehpa.org
facebook.com/thehpalliance
twitter.com/thehpalliance
thehpalliance.tumblr.com
instagram.com/thehpalliance
Snapchat: thehpalliance
