Active Minds

 Book this speaker

When Alison's brother Brian died by suicide during her freshman year of college in 2000, she decided to take action. Alison founded and is now the Executive Director of a college mental health advocacy organization called Active Minds. Over the last 8 years since the nonprofit was formed, Active Minds has grown to reach over 350 campuses across the country, host a variety of award winning programs, and is the home to the Active Minds Speakers Bureau. Alison's keynote program educates, impacts, and inspires. She speaks from the perspective of a survivor of family suicide, leader of a large nonprofit organization, and an advocate for erasing the stigma surrounding mental health.

Topics: Suicide, making a difference, supporting a friend or family member, leading change, the making of Active Minds, the impact of language, grief and loss