Organization is raising awareness of mental health issues
ACM Lifting Lives, the philanthropic arm of the Academy of Country Music, has announced the official launch of its short-form original digital series ACM Lifting Lives Presents The Check-In, with the first two episodes featuring Lindsay Ell and John Osborne of Brothers Osborne available to watch now. In each episode, artists candidly delve deep into their own mental health experiences and challenges over the recent few years, while sharing how music has played a crucial role in their healing process. Future conversations will feature Jimmie Allen, Chase Bryant, Brett Eldredge, Michael Ray, Caitlyn Smith, and more to come.
“Music saved my life, time and time again,” Osborne shares in his Check-In, which Ell echoes in her Check-In: “I think music is so powerful and is such a beautiful healing thing for mental health.”
The ongoing series, which has already been embraced across the industry and received recognition from major news outlets, including ABC News and Good Morning America, will roll out new episodes regularly throughout the summer to coincide with the opening of the 2022-2023 ACM Lifting Lives grant cycle. This grant cycle moves ACM Lifting Lives’ landmark COVID-19 Response Fund into its next phase, focusing on mental and emotional health support. Preview videos of each episode will be posted across all Academy-branded social media channels, with full-length interviews living at acmliftinglives.org or on the Academy’s official YouTube channel.
The 2022-2023 Lifting Lives grant cycle is now open and will close on Thursday, June 16th. Grant recipients will be notified in summer 2022 and will receive funds shortly thereafter. With generous support from Gibson Gives, Country Thunder, and other donors, this month-long application window continues ACM Lifting Lives’ dedicated history of supporting mental health organizations, as well as individuals struggling with those issues, and shining a national spotlight on their critical work, harnessing the healing and rejuvenating power of music.
