Integritus Prime

In an age where we are labeled in many negative ways for who we are, it’s time we rejected those labels, and overcame our trauma by rising above labels to embrace our true selves. Alchemus Prime has teamed up with the nonprofit Drop Labels to launch the Rising Above campaign, which features videos of true stories: how people like you and me are overcoming false labels. Videos begin to go live on August 20.

This campaign came about after I met Chloe at the UN Women’s annual meeting and celebration, where Alchemus Prime’s advisory board member Kathryn E Johnson was being honored. We met and discussed the different ways in which we each have experienced trauma, and how we might help others overcome theirs. I did my video for Drop Labels, and then we launched Rising Above in my community, Mornings with Marilyn.

So far, we have collected several videos. If you’d like to do one and be part of this empowering movement, there’s still time, and it’s very simple:

1. Make a video using your mobile device
2. Include in your video ONE harmful label that was imposed on you, and how you are rising above it
3. Send the link to Chloé and me (our emails are messdaghi@gmail.com and mcornelius@alchemusprime.com) and we will feature it on Mornings with Marilyn and on the Drop Labels website
4. Share this campaign with others to help them liberate themselves

It takes courage to take off the labels others throw at us, and come out as our true selves. Let me know what gives you courage, or what holds you back. Let’s move forward together. Our freedom and future depend on it!

Rising Above is a campaign to free ourselves from trauma that comes from harmful labels. Photo by Alexa Mazzarello on Unsplash.