Health Care in Living Color
MashUp! operates as grassroots 501(c)(3) non-profit headquartered in the Nashville Metro area, focusing on a comprehensive, person-centered approach to health and well-being. Our primary programs utilize interactive methods to tackle anxiety, stress, habit changes, and depression to boost the general quality of life.
We emphasize the influence of community as a significant factor in health, particularly for individuals with unique minority identities.
Mission
MashUp works to address health inequities & social injustices that impact the well-being of LGBTQ+ people of color.
Services:
addiction support
mental therapy
healthcare navigation
community advocacy and building
health and wellness education
competency training
healthcare research
minority empowerment
Why It Matters
Our community faces double jeopardy within society because of the notion of double discrimination. MashUp offers an outlet of hope through resources that explain and protect.
Racial Discrimination
Daily activities create a lifestyle that involves factors that are unpreventable such as housing, socioeconomics, and education based upon race or complexion. These factors play a role in the high statistics in socioeconomic and lack of quality healthcare in the form of systematic racism.
LGBTQ Discrimination
Social exclusion is an issue that leads to lack of resources within the community based upon an individual sexual orientation. Exclusion can leave our friends homeless, hungry, and unhappy. Any disparity lessens the access to health care.
MashUp works to increase the visibility of health disparities & social inequalities that impact the well-being of LGBTQ people of color.
Join the Cause
MashUp thanks you for your support of our organization and LGBTQ people of color. We are always welcoming volunteers to our program. If you are an open-minded individual with a passion for helping others, we would love to meet you!