Active Minds is no stranger to setting big goals and, proudly, we’re no stranger to overachieving to maximize our impact. Most recently, we shared our incredible success with our 1K in 1K campaign, where we sought to reach 1,000 high schools nationwide in 1,000 days. Not only did we achieve our goal, but thanks to the support of countless educators and community leaders, we exceeded it months before the 1,000-day mark. Now, we’re setting our sights on an even bigger impact: mobilizing 100,000 youth and young adults by 2028.
Throughout Mental Health Awareness Month, we’ve been building towards this bold commitment through a series of calls-to-action, sharing informative content, and opportunities to put your commitment to mental health in action. All of this is structured to get you involved at the level that fits your needs. Over these past few weeks, we’ve inspired connections, conversations, and thoughtful actions that will help to change forever how mental health is seen and supported in our communities. All of that is for one special reason: to prepare our network and supporters, and those just learning about Active Minds, to help us achieve our bold new commitment to mobilizing 100,000 youth and young adults by 2028. The number may sound intimidating, but with the participation of the thousands of youth and young adults who are already involved in our movement, and those you help us touch, we know that we can do this and more.
Building relationships with 100,000 young advocates is a massive undertaking, but we know we can do it together. It will include young changemakers in high schools, colleges, and communities nationwide who will take part in policy-related advocacy, establish and strengthen chapters, and participate in programs like our Mental Health Advocacy Institute and Academy. We’ll get to 100,000 by working with supporters to raise funds to fuel our work. We’ll grow our following on social media platforms where individuals will share our content to reach thousands more to add to the power of our work.. As we make our way to meeting this bold new goal, we’ll share tools, opportunities, information, and reflections. We’re going to do this as a community, and we’ll have so much to be proud of.
Learn more, reach out, join us, and bring others along with you. The impact you make will be contagious, and you’ll be one of the sorely needed agents of change as we make it the norm to talk about and support mental health.
