Message from a Suicide Survivor | Nikki Lynette | TEDxPrincetonWomen

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In this talk, suicide survivor Nikki Lynette urges us to reconsider the way we talk, think and feel about mental health.

Nikki Lynette is a social impact artist who fuses mental health activism into her performances and visual art. Her self-produced tunes are currently featured in popular shows on Netflix, Hulu, Showtime and more. A proud ambassador for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI,) Nikki's musical about depression "Get Out Alive" made her the first Black female playwright to be produced by American Music Theatre Project, and the first AMTP work to debut at Steppenwolf Theatre Company. To learn more about Nikki Lynette’s work, visit igetoutalive.com Nikki Lynette is a performer, playwright, and visual artist whose individual style is equal parts hip hop, alternative, and pop. A Chicago native, she fuses mental health activism into her performances and has created a lane for her music that is uniquely her own. A proud independent artist, her self-produced tunes are currently featured in popular shows on Netflix, Hulu, Showtime and more. Lynette’s success in music licensing has earned its own accolades, including a prominent feature in Billboard Magazine and being invited to speak at South By Southwest. After a hiatus from releasing new music, Nikki Lynette returned to the public eye with a confession: she’d secretly been battling mental health issues. She began writing articles about depression and suicide for prominent sites like BlackDoctor, Afropunk and AllHipHop. A proud ambassador for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), the film adaptation of her play GET OUT ALIVE is currently in production. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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