Channel Kindness: Stories of Kindness and Community is a collection of fifty-one stories of kindness, bravery, and resilience from young people all over the world collected by the Born This Way Foundation and introduced by Lady Gaga. It was released on September 22, 2020, by Feiwel & Friends.
Each chapter represents stories from young reporters about the small and big acts of kindness that have the power to change someone’s day, launch social movements, and eliminate the stigma around mental health.
Background
Channel Kindness is a digital platform created by Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation in 2016. It is a safe space for young people to tell their stories of kindness, resilience, and community. By highlighting the people and organizations that are doing good in their communities, Channel Kindness’ audience is inspired to create a kinder and braver world, one story at a time.
Release
On September 22, 2020, Gaga celebrated the release of her book on Instagram:
| “ | Channel Kindness is a book written by young people from all over the world. My mother Cynthia and I, along with our very close friend and collaborator Maya Smith, have spent years cultivating the stories of young people and celebrating them for their bravery. This book not only includes their stories, but also my own, and is very much about the mental health of not only the world, but the mental health crisis in 2020. It is more important than ever that we channel kindness towards each other, for each other, and with each other in a vision for a kinder and braver world. Love ❤️ Lady Gaga | ” |
—Lady Gaga via Instagram | ||
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