Active Minds Programs Showcase

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Want to support mental health awareness in your school or community?

The Active Minds Programs team recently hosted virtual open houses as an opportunity to share showcases highlighting the various resources and opportunities that are available to support mental health awareness in schools and communities across the country.

These open houses included presentations from Active Minds Chapters, K-12 (both high schools and middle schools), Higher Education, Speakers Bureau, Send Silence Packing, Workplace Development, Policy Initiatives, and Community Fundraising.

If you missed the live open houses, do not worry! Below is a video of all the presentations, divided into sections to easily jump to the program(s) in which you are most interested. We also encourage you to fill out this brief contact form so that our teams can best serve your individual needs.

Check out the presentations from our programs and use the links at the bottom of the page to engage with all we have to offer!

Programs Showcase Presentations - Fall 2024

Here are the recorded presentations from the virtual open houses held in the fall of 2024. The video is divided into chapters, so that you can skip directly to the program(s) in which you are most interested. This is the order of the presentations in the video:

Chapter Network
K-12 (High Schools)
K-12 (Middle Schools)
Higher Education
Speakers Bureau
Send Silence Packing
Workplace Development
Policy Initiatives
Community Fundraising

check out our different programs:

Active Minds Chapter Network

Chapters are student-led, school-based groups that lead conversation, culture change, and advocacy throughout their communities.

K-12 Initiatives

K-12 programs include middle school, high school, Mental Health Advocacy Academy, Your Voice is Your Power Resource Hub, and Youth Champions.

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Higher Education

Find more information about the Mental Health Advocacy Institute, our Community College Guide, and the study we did with UNCF on "Lessons from Black Colleges on Mental Health and Wellbeing"

Active Minds Speakers Bureau

Find the perfect speaker for your community and/or next event.

Send Silence Packing

A traveling interactive exhibit that inspires mental health advocacy and suicide prevention.

Policy Initiatives

Learn more about the policies that are core to our mission and the different ways you can take action.

Workplace Development

This is where you can find out more about Cause + Career, the Emerging Scholars Fellowship, and the Alumni Board.

Community Fundraising

Fundraising is an essential part of mental health advocacy and it can come in many forms. Learn more here.

A.S.K. - Emotional Support Tool

Acknowledge. Support. Keep-in-touch. A.S.K. is our new interactive resource, developed in partnership with SHOWTIME/MTV, to support our ability to connect with each other about mental health.