Mental health nonprofit To Write Love on Her Arms is celebrating two decades of work with a documentary screening at Vans Warped Tour Long Beach on July 24.
The screening happens at the Art Theater of Long Beach from 7-8PM, followed by a conversation with TWLOHA founder Jamie Tworkowski and Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman. All ticket proceeds fund mental health care through the organization’s Treatment & Recovery Program, with a goal of covering 20,000 hours of care.
The documentary, “To Write Love,” features conversations with Paramore, Miley Cyrus, Anberlin, and Switchfoot, along with people whose lives the organization has touched. It tracks how TWLOHA grew from a single story into a movement that’s reached millions.
“What you experience in this film is a true picture of what happens when thousands of people start to believe that it’s not weak to ask for help,” says Executive Director Lindsay Kolsch.
Since launching in 2006, TWLOHA has donated over $4.7 million directly into treatment and recovery. The organization now connects more than 3,000 people monthly to mental health resources and reaches over 9.5 million people online each month across 100 countries.
The screening ties the nonprofit back to its roots in the alternative music community, where it became a trusted voice on mental health long before these conversations went mainstream.