“You Are Not Alone,” radiates in yellow, black and grey letters off of several walls in Bushwick and Greenpoint for Mental Health Month. Mental Health America dubbed May the month to encourage organizations to raise awareness on mental health issues. That is exactly what this mural project aims to do.

Long-time friends Samantha Schutz—a writer and mental health advocate—and Annica Lydenberg—a mural painter and designer—are the brains behind the murals. The paintings are inspired by Schutz’ You Make Me Feel Less Alone project, which is an online space where she collects and shares other peoples’ stories on mental health and excerpts from her book. The supportive online community creates a space for those struggling, helping them feel less isolated.

Lydenberg was helping Schutz with branding work for the project, and realized that she wanted to do more to help spread the message. The best way she knew how to was by painting murals.