Active Minds News
Meet our Fall 2023 Interns and Learn About Their Passion for Mental Health
Welcome our fall 2023 interns, some of our community’s biggest champions for mental health! Each semester, the class of interns at Active Minds plays an integral role in everything from program development, marketing and communications, fundraising and development, and so much more. We couldn’t do our work without our interns, and our team at Active…
How Four Young Adults Are Creating New Mental Health Resources for BIPOC and LGBTQ+ Communities
It’s no secret that youth and young adults across the United States are currently experiencing a mental health crisis, and BIPOC and LGBTQ+ young people are disproportionately affected. In 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 42 percent of high school students experienced persistent sadness or hopelessness — a 13.5 percent increase…
Meet the 2023-2024 Active Minds Student Advisory Committee (And Learn How They Can Help You!)
The Active Minds Student Advisory Committee (SAC) is made up of fifteen young adult leaders who represent the Active Minds student voice nationally through media and other student forums. They also advise Active Minds national staff on student engagement, community building, program planning, Chapter engagement and management, National Conference planning, and program promotion. Powered by…
Five Reasons to Attend the Active Minds Mental Health Conference
For many months I worked with the Active Minds team to prepare for the first in-person Mental Health Conference in almost three and a half years. The months leading up to the Conference felt like an eternity in anticipation, but once it started, the two days at the Conference flew by. Looking back at those…
Get to Know Active Minds’ Summer 2023 Interns and Their Passion for Mental Health
Welcome to our summer 2023 interns! We’re excited to learn and grow alongside these passionate mental health advocates for the duration of their internship. Our interns are involved in every facet of our work, from our communications and social media to Active Minds’ daily operations, to our mental health programming and community-building. Keep your eyes…
Explore Mental Health Career Paths with Active Minds’ New Career Exploration Tool
Graduating from high school and college are monumental milestones in life, marked with enthusiasm for the future and bittersweet moments of closing one chapter in life before moving to another: adulthood. A defining moment of adulthood is deciding on a career path to pursue. Thousands of young adults in the Active Minds network graduate from…
Bringing Mental Health to Middle Schools (And to the Fairway)
When Active Minds received a three-year $3 million grant last year from United Health Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Optum, our team could not have imagined the impact that this partnership would have on the growth of our community. We are proud to announce that thanks to their support, we are bringing our proven peer-to-peer…
Your Guide to Mental Health Legislation in 2023
Today, on World Social Justice Day, we are reminded of the ongoing struggle to create a more just and equitable society for all. Addressing racial inequality is one of the key components of this effort to ensure marginalized communities have access to the same opportunities and resources as others and recognize the unique challenges faced…
How Active Minds’ Interns Champion Mental Health
Welcome to this semester’s cohort of Active Minds interns! We are so excited to work with this wonderful group of students in advancing our mission of changing the culture around mental health. Get to know them below: Dee Cox 1. Where are you from? I’m from Cleveland, Ohio, but I moved out to Maryland to…
A Year of Growth, Impact, and Changing the Culture Around Mental Health
It’s been a year. An absolutely extraordinary year to be a part of Active Minds. For most of our history, Active Minds has been an organization that impacted so many but was held and managed by so few. As the founder and executive director, I’ve typically worked with a small (but mighty!) team to help…
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