The winner of the first Carolyn C. Mattingly award is a unique and powerful collaborative body of work by the Tampa Bay Times and Sarasota Herald-Tribune that exposes harrowing conditions at Florida’s institutions for the mentally ill after $100 million in budget cuts. The five-part project, titled “Insane. Invisible. In danger.” reveals the dangers to mentally Read More »

A Promise Kept: The Luv u Project Sponsors Annual Women Moving Forward Conference Supporting causes that Carolyn cared about continues with The Luv u Project’s sponsorship of the Women Moving Forward (WMF) Pre-Release Conference. The WMF Conference is an initiative held annually in partnership with the National Association of Women Judges and the Maryland Correctional Read More »

Join us at uLead’s Happy Hour with a Purpose Trivia Night! April 7th at Mellow Mushroom in Adams Morgan, Washington, D.C. from 6-9 pm Purchase tickets now for $20! $25 at the door! Purchase Tickets Trivia champions win two tickets to see Lewis Black at the Warner Theatre! Each ticket purchase includes admission to the event, Read More »

We are proud to report that more than 50 entries have been received for the Carolyn C. Mattingly Award for Mental Health Reporting. We are told by our partners at the National Press Foundation that this is an amazing response, especially for a brand new award that was not even on the radar of U.S. based news organizations until Read More »

The Luv u Project was established to turn an unacceptable tragedy into a quantifiable agenda and responsible actions that advance the understanding of, and treatments for, mental health. One of its early initiatives was the establishment of the Carolyn C. Mattingly Award for mental health reporting. This new, top-tier national award, presented in partnership with the Read More »

The time has come for us to expand our message. Read about The Luv u Project in a Washington Post article by John Kelly, published online January 12, 2016 and in the January 13, 2016 print edition. Click the link below: The Washington Post: The Luv u Project John’s article gives perspective to the path Read More »

THE LUV U PROJECT ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH At its inaugural launch on Thursday, November 5, 2015, The Luv u Project proudly announced its partnership with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHBSPH) to establish a national symposium and advisory board focused on workplace mental health and Read More »

THE LUV U PROJECT PRESENTS NEW PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN MENTAL HEALTH JOURNALISM As one of its major new initiatives, The Luv u Project proudly announces the Carolyn C. Mattingly Award for Mental Health Reporting, a $10,000 prize for exemplary journalism on this important social issue. The Award aims to bring mental health to the Read More »

A Young Professional Leadership Program To join uLead, please contact [email protected] uLead provides a forum to bring together young professionals with the purpose of understanding, educating, and acting on the mission of The Luv u Project: To set a quantifiable agenda and take responsible actions that advance the understanding of, and treatments for, mental health Read More »

The journey has begun. On Thursday, November 5, The Luv u Project began honoring our promises to support and build on the causes dear to The Project’s namesake, Carolyn C. Mattingly. We also announced two major initiatives aimed at fulfilling our mission: the sponsorship of a prestigious new journalism award and a partnership with the Read More »