Mental health is an issue that the open source & software dev communities are, thankfully, starting to talk about. We need to talk about it more.
Roughly 1 in 5 people will deal with a diagnosable mental illness in their lifetime. Despite this, there's still a huge amount of stigma around disclosing mental health problems and seeking treatment for them. This stigma actively discourages people from getting the help they need to put their lives back on track.
The more we drag this issue out into the open, the less of a bugbear it will continue to be.
No crazy required to attend -- folks who are interested in talking about the large-scale issue of mental health in tech are welcome, along with anybody who wants to share their own experiences.
Scheduling is pretty open -- we could pick a restaurant for the Monday night Dinner BoF, grab a table at Tuesday's banquet, or do something else entirely.
If you're interested, you can sign up below, or email Rick Scott (shadowspar) privately: <rick@shadowspar.dyndns.org>. You're welcome to suggest a time and venue that works for you as well.
Interested:
* Rick Scott (shadowspar)
* Joe Axford (j0e)
* jack lupton (itnomad)
* David H. Adler (dha)
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