Denise, Executive Director

About Denise, Executive Director

am the Executive Director of The JEM Foundation. The JEM Foundation was founded in honor of Jacob Machovsky wo was lost to suicide. Our mission is to prevent suicide, support positive changes to mental health care, provide individual and family support for those struggling with mental illness, and remove the stigma associated with it.

Why is there still a stigma surrounding mental illness, and what can we do about it?

Suicide, what happens when you hear or read that word? Does it strike fear in you? Do you judge the person as selfish who died by suicide? Are you someone that has thought about suicide but have been afraid to talk about it. If so, why? Is it because you don’t want to be judged? [...]

By |2021-08-10T14:27:07-07:00March 7th, 2017|

Petition

To help enact positive changes to mental health care, please sign your name to the petition. If we stand together, I know we can bring about change! Please click here to sign.        

By |2017-03-03T21:34:24-07:00March 3rd, 2017|

Where is the Funding?

In 1972 Neil Diamond sang it in Song Sung Blue: “me and you are subject to the blues now and then” … four and a half decades later it is time to bring depression out of the shadows, “We simply got no choice” I recently saw a stat put out by AFSP.org (America Foundation for [...]

By |2017-02-15T21:23:57-07:00February 15th, 2017|

Depression: as more of our loved ones fall victim, this is something the church needs to get right.

Depression: what comes to mind when you read or hear this word? Do you think of general sadness, someone in a mental institution, or do you think of it at all? Do you think Christians can be depressed? If no, why?Many people in this world struggle with depression every day. According to the Huffington Post:350,000,000 [...]

By |2021-08-10T14:12:15-07:00February 12th, 2017|
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