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A mobile wellness initiative is providing drive-by therapy to Mass. college students
['Emily Piper-Vallillo', 'More']
WBUR News
The van is part of a new wellness initiative spearheaded by the Ruderman Family Foundation, a Boston-based Jewish philanthropic organization.
It’s deploying these vans to area campuses to support college students with free mental health services during these particularly charged political times.
The effort is especially geared toward Jewish students who have experienced antisemitism or feelings of isolation, according to foundation leaders.
“A lot of the Jewish students feel like they have to kind of hide their Judaism."
(Emily Piper-Vallillo/WBUR)During a class changeover on a recent Tuesday, Northeastern students spilled out onto the sidewalk.
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