Asante Haughton born July 31st 1985 is a Jamaican-born Toronto-based human rights and mental health advocate and the co-founder of Reach Out Response Network.
Haughton was born Jamaica before moving to Toronto with mother where he was a gifted student. [1] He has two brothers. [2]
Haughton speaks openly about his depression and anxiety [3] which developed from his experiences as a 10th-grade student when his mother tried to take her own life, but ended up instead hospitalized for months. [2]
He used poetry and rap as an outlet for his emotions and excelled at basketball [2] before getting help from his family doctor. [4]
Haughton is the manager of peer support training [2] at Stella's Place youth mental health organization in Toronto [5] [6] and a mental health consultant for Vice. [7]
He co-founded Reach Out Response Network with Rachel Bromberg in 2020 [8] [3] and contracted COVID-19 the same year. [9]
He does research with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. [10]
Haughton raps and has collaborated with Toronto rapper D-Sisive. [11] [12]
“Asante has also recently contributed his poetry and writing to a book called, AfriCANthology, a collection of poems, stories and essays by Black artists and thinkers.“ https://www.codebreakeredu.com/leadership-team/asantehaughton/