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Active
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Welcome to the Active
Minds Homepage!
Active Minds Mission Statement:
Active Minds on Campus is a student-run mental health awareness,
education, and advocacy organization on the college campus The
group is designed to utilize peer outreach to increase students’ awareness
of mental health issues and symptoms of mental illness, provide
information about available resources, encourage students to seek
help as soon as help is needed, and to serve as liaison between
students and the mental health community. By promoting awareness
and education, the group aims to remove the stigma that surrounds
mental illness and create an open environment for discussions of
mental health issues. The organization targets the entire college
community through large-scale educational campaigns and events
such as panel discussions, movie screenings, and benefit Runs.
Guiding Values
- Active Minds believes that all young
adults have the right to understand their own minds
- We know that mental illnesses are real medical illnesses that are
nothing to be ashamed of, and nothing to be kept secret
- We understand the value of taking care of ones own, and watching
out for ones friends’, mental health and seeking help as
soon as help is needed
- We believe in the power of peer advocacy, and the strength that
young adults have to break down the walls of silence and the stigma
that surrounds
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