Active Minds at Lafayette College

raising mental health awareness on campus

Please Help Active Minds Win $50,000!

Active Minds’ signature program, Send Silence Packing, has been entered in the Pepsi Refresh Competition and is eligible for $50,000 for a cross-country tour. In order to win, we need your votes! Go to http://refresheverything.com/sendsilencepacking NOW to vote! You can vote once a day, every day until the end of February. Please help spread the word!

Goals of Send Silence Packing

  • Provide an outlet for people who have lost friends and loved ones
  • Increase awareness of mental health and the tragedy of student suicide
  • Develop educational resources with broad appeal and longevity
  • Give thousands of young people the opportunity to see the displays
  • Hold public education displays that are catalysts for action

More information about Lafayette’s contribution to Send Silence Packing can be found under “Past Events” and “Send Silence Packing (spring 2008).

WHAT IS ACTIVE MINDS
AT LAFAYETTE COLLEGE?

Active Minds strives to raise mental health awareness on Lafayette's campus through various events, speakers, and activities. The events not only raise awareness of the mental health issues, but also attempt to give students enough knowledge about the various disorders so they can identify symptoms within themselves or others and seek help. In addition, at high risk times, such as during finals weeks, we try to provide events that will reduce the potential for the occurrence of mental disorder symptoms. We hope to serve as a point of reference for students about mental illness in hopes of reducing the stigma on our campus. In addition, we have already accomplished creating a firm student relationship with the Counseling Center and we hope to be able to use the relationship to make students more aware of the resources available at Lafayette. Finally, we also give back to the mental health community through fundraising events to help those suffering from mental disorders receive the appropriate information and treatment necessary for survival.


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