MENTAL HEALTH PROJECTS
After an existential crisis in 2014, Ajani Charles was inspired to face his shadow, replacing his maladaptive coping mechanisms, environments, and relationships with healthier alternatives.
Through healing and rebuilding himself with help from numerous experts and fellowships, he realized that most of humanity’s problems stem from a lack of mental health, introspection, courage, and self-compassion. His challenges were a microcosm of humanity’s challenges.
As such, in 2017, he introduced a mental health advocacy component to his career and has since been contributing to some of the world's most innovative and effective mental health organizations.
Operation Prefrontal Cortex
Operation Prefrontal Cortex was co-founded by renowned filmmaker Julien Christian Lutz, professionally known as Director X, and his longtime friend Danell Adams after Lutz’s experience as a victim of public gun violence in Toronto, and it is a program harnessing the power of mindfulness and meditation to help reduce the incidents of gun violence, mass violence, and police violence in Toronto.
Project Healthy Minds
Project Healthy Minds is a new millennial/Gen Z-driven non-profit startup focused on tackling one of the defining issues of the 21st century: the growing mental health crisis.
Toronto District School Board
Mindfulness And Other Crucial Skills I Never Learned In High School is a workshop by Ajani Charles, initially designed for high school students throughout the Toronto District School Board.
CAMH: The Centre For Addiction And Mental Health
Ajani Charles has worked as a mentor through CAMH: The Centre For Addiction And Mental Health, Canada’s largest mental health institution, since 2017.