Tools to help you inspire action, raise awareness, and drive policy change
Join the movement to change the future of mental health
Youth and young adults across the country are ready to lead the charge for better mental health, and Active Minds is calling on YOU to join the movement! We’re taking big steps in 2025 to change the future of mental health in the U.S. — and we need your voice, your story, and your support to make it happen.
Not familiar with our policy work?
Check out our bipartisan legislative asks, policy goals, and endorsements from student groups on our “Youth Voice, Real Change” policy agenda page.
Why Your Story Matters
Mental health struggles are real, and they affect so many of us. Sharing your personal journey with mental health can inspire action, raise awareness, and help drive policy change, and that’s why we’re asking to bring those stories to the forefront of the policy conversation.
Real people with real stories, advocating for real change.
Whether you or someone you know has struggled with mental health, sharing those experiences can inspire others to speak up and take action. Record a short video sharing your story to support Active Minds’ legislative goals.
Your video may be shared on social media, with U.S. representatives, or with the Active Minds community.
Email your network: Encourage friends, families, and other people in your network to become an Active Minds’ advocate. Please use the email script below.
Are you an Active Minds chapter or student organization?
E-mail policy@activeminds.org to endorse and show support for the policy agenda.
Resources to help spread the word
We’ve put together some example scripts, social media content, and graphics to help you get started with raising awareness and advocating for real change.
Social Media Templates
Amplify Active Minds’ message by posting on social media! Sample captions and graphics are provided below. Please tag @Active_Minds and use the hashtag #YouthVoiceRealChange to join the conversation.
Every young person deserves #MentalHealth support. I’m joining @Active_Minds to advocate for legislation promoting 9-8-8 awareness and youth-led mental health programs. Join me and sign up to be an advocate for change: activeminds.org/policy #YouthVoiceRealChange
@Active_Minds is advocating for increased awareness of 9-8-8 and campus #MentalHealth resources. Sign up to join their efforts and make a difference: activeminds.org/policy #YouthVoiceRealChange
@Active_Minds is advocating for increased funding for youth-led #MentalHealth programs. Sign up to support their efforts and help create change: activeminds.org/policy #YouthVoiceRealChange
Subject: Sign Up to Join Active Minds’ Advocacy Movement!
Dear [Insert Name],
Active Minds is taking big steps in 2025 to change the future of mental health in the U.S. — and they need our voices, our stories, and our support to make it happen.
In 2025, Active Minds is championing two powerful, youth-centered legislative initiatives:
Increase awareness of 9-8-8 and campus mental health resources. This will ensure that college students have clear access to life-saving mental health resources — including a direct link to 9-8-8 services — right on their student ID cards or through campus-wide awareness campaigns.
Pass laws for federally funded, youth-led mental health programs. Programs like Active Minds chapters and A.S.K. (Active Minds’ peer-to-peer mental health education) currently don’t receive federal funding, even though they’re a lifeline for students across the country.
Join me and get involved in their advocacy efforts at activeminds.org/policy and help drive the change young people need!
Lastly, help amplify their message on social media! Access their toolkit here.
Thank you for your support,
[Your Name]
Printable PDF of Policy Agenda & Toolkit
Feel free to print, share, and promote the policy agenda using this handy PDF, which includes our legislative asks, ways to get involved, and links in the social media graphics.
