ASANTE HAUGHTON

Ordinary Member (Youth)

Asante Haughton is a lot of things--entrepreneur, activist, organizer, speaker, writer, poet, and mental health worker. His accomplishments include two TEDx talks and being named as one of Canada's top 150 influencers in mental health. Most notably, he co-founded the Reach Out Response Network, an organization whose advocacy directly paved the way to the Toronto Community Crisis Service, a new fourth emergency service that supports folks in mental health crisis with mobile crisis teams instead of police officers. In his day job, Asante is the Manager of Storytelling at Unsinkable, a mental health organization that amplifies stories for the purpose of awareness and change.

A lover of celebrity gossip and sports analogies, Asante's passion is for the betterment of all people. He is engaged in the lofty ambition of trying to change the world, one person and one community at a time.