Scars to STARs Day

The Kennedy Forum is driving systemic change in mental health care by advocating for policy reform, parity, and access, ensuring mental health is treated with the same urgency as physical health in America.

Wholehearted is a media platform founded by AJ Foxx that makes healing accessible through evidence-informed video programs. Featuring renowned experts exploring trauma and addiction, Wholehearted guides individuals, families, and professionals through their own healing journeys — covering ACEs, resilience, reparenting, and recovery, one watch at a time.

Promly is a Gen Z–driven social enterprise and digital ecosystem designed to foster meaningful connections, provide mental health support, and empower youth advocacy. Through its app, Promly offers teens a safer alternative to traditional social media, featuring real-time biofeedback tools for anxiety, curated opportunities like internships and challenges, and a platform for youth-led policy engagement. By integrating mental health resources directly into the digital spaces where teens naturally engage, Promly aims to proactively address issues like teen suicide and school violence, creating a supportive environment that prioritizes well-being and authentic connection.

Founded in 1972, Prevent Child Abuse America is the nation’s oldest and largest organization dedicated to preventing child abuse and neglect before it happens. Through a nationwide network of state chapters and nearly 600 Healthy Families America home-visiting sites, PCA America pairs science-informed programs with public awareness and policy advocacy to help children, families, and communities thrive. Its work reflects the heart of Scars to STARs Day — moving from awareness to prevention, and building the conditions where every child can grow up safe, supported, and free from harm.

The MyWhatIf Foundation, founded by trauma survivor and social entrepreneur Omer Golan, is developing a state-of-the-art, trauma-informed mental health platform that helps people reimagine their lives. Using advanced narrative tools and AI-driven simulations, MyWhatIf gives trauma and PTSD survivors a private, self-guided way to reframe their stories — helping transform an open wound into a scar that no longer defines them.

Alliance Practice is a strategic consulting firm founded by nonprofit leader Thomas Bognanno, former President and CEO of Creating Healthier Communities. Combining deep expertise in childhood trauma’s impact with a comprehensive understanding of nonprofit operations and strategy, Alliance Practice helps organizations in the trauma-informed care sector strengthen their work and build the collaborations that expand their collective impact

PACEs Connection is a global social network uniting the people, organizations, and communities advancing the science of Positive and Adverse Childhood Experiences (PACEs). A support for hundreds of local, state and national ACEs initiatives, it serves as a central hub where members share trauma-informed and resilience-building practices across more than 400 community sites worldwide — now newly revitalized as part of the STAR Network family.