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Janice Miller
Janice Miller, Arlana J. Miller Check On Your Strong Friends Foundation Founder and President, Rethinking Strong As the Founder and President of Arlana Janell Miller Check On Your Strong Friends Foundation, Janice has appeared on the Doctor Phil Show, Documentary aired on CBS Sports Network last month for Black History Month, Essence Magazine, Sister to Sister with AARP, numerous interviews to share her story of healing after losing her daughter, Arlana, to suicide while Cheering at Southern University in Baton Rouge, LA. Janice has transferred her pain to advocacy. Janice started with the City of DeSoto the Arlana Miller Annual Walk Out the Stigma for Mental Health Walk the first Saturday in May to bring awareness to mental health in our community. She also started the Arlana Miller $5,000-dollar Cheer Scholarship for any deserving HBCU cheerleader in memory of Arlana. She works with Southern University and also with the Arlana J. Miller Memorial Scholarship. There have been 3 cheerleaders awarded this scholarship in honor of Arlana as of today at Southern. This May will mark the 2nd year anniversary of Arlana’s death. Her mother continues her legacy of letting others know it’s okay to not be okay and to check in on your strong friends.
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