Content Warning: This piece contains mentions of suicide statistics. Beginning July 1, 2019, all public, charter, and private schools in California will be required to print a crisis number for suicide prevention on student identification cards for grades seven through college thanks to California Senate Bill 972, passed earlier this month. This achievement is truly…
To all future graduates, you DO NOT need to know what you are doing. I bet you, like me, are getting tired of the constant stream of questions about what we are planning to do with our lives. In high school, I was put under the impression I needed to know what I was doing…
Each spring during Stress Less Week, we focus a great deal on the most present stressors in students’ lives: final exams. This means we also focus on the most immediate methods for dialing back that stress such as taking a walk or yoga class, listening to a comedy podcast, or moderating caffeine intake so that…
It’s 75 degrees out and I’m on a long hike through the beautiful rolling hills of my hometown. My favorite place. My favorite activity. I hike at a quick pace when I’m alone, and love to feel my calves burn in that satisfying, muscle-working way. It’s warm and my heart is beating fast. Despite the…
Congratulations on almost reaching the end of the academic year! Some of you may be returning to campus in the fall or entering the job market, others may be considering applying to graduate school or another program. For those of you who are concerned about having a “messy” transcript, I hope my essay below helps….
I want to make space for revolutions. I especially want to make space for those revolutions that happen within and the revolutions that challenge patriarchs by creating space for individuals to embrace their beautiful bodies and identities. Individuals along the LGBTQ spectrum are 33% more likely to experience mental health symptoms as opposed to their…
Sensitive Topic: This post focuses on basic intervention skills to use when helping someone considering suicide. Dear Resident Assistant, If you live a life similar to mine in college, then helping someone who is having suicidal thoughts may become part of your story, as it did mine. In my case, I was a first-year resident assistant…
To the students of Parkland and across the country: We watch with excitement as you start the March For Our Lives movement. Fifteen years ago, Active Minds too was founded with an unshakable belief in the power of the student voice and continues today, confident that young people will change the world. Too often, silence…
Curious as to who is traveling across the country for Send Silence Packing® this spring? Let us introduce Courtney Burke & Alexia Ruiz, our wonderful Spring 2018 Tour Coordinators! Courtney Burke: Where did you go to school? I graduated from SUNY Cortland in 2014, a state University in central New York. How did you learn…
Today marks the official kick off of our Spring 2018 tour of Send Silence Packing! First stop: Tennessee Tech University. (Photo from this display shown above ^^ due to weather, the exhibit had to be moved indoors, but still powerful nonetheless). Send Silence Packing displays over 1,000 donated backpacks, representing the number of college students lost…
Active Minds is the nation’s leading nonprofit organization promoting mental health awareness and education for young adults.