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Your Voice is Your Power Resource Hub

A collection of mental health resources for youth and young adults looking to begin or grow as a mental health leader.

Your Voice is Your Power

Equipping mental health champions in schools & communities

The Your Voice is Your Power Resource Hub equips youth and young adults in the Active Minds network with tools, resources, and knowledge to champion mental health and drive change for oneself as well as at the school and community levels.

The resources are divided into three key topics to advocate for mental health. Each resource category will provide you with tips, tools, knowledge, and skills to lead and advocate for mental health change.

Self-Advocacy

Resources to help you advocate for your personal mental health needs. These self-advocacy tools and resources will equip you to support and prioritize your own mental health as you advocate for collective mental health change.

Music Shapes Your Mental Health

Music is a universal language that not only brings people together but also has the power to shape our emotions and mental health. Understanding its effects can help us use it intentionally as a tool for self-care and community building.

Turning Performance Anxiety Into Strength

Performance anxiety can arise in sports, arts, public speaking, tests, and more. It’s frustrating when nerves stop you from showcasing the effort you’ve put in, but you’re not alone in feeling this way.

Progress Over Achievement

You’ve likely heard the phrase, “It’s the journey, not the destination.” While it might evoke thoughts of road trips or vacations, this idea also applies to the process of applying for colleges, internships, and other opportunities.

The Nine Dimensions of Wellness

A valuable framework for understanding mental health by recognizing the interconnected aspects of well-being, including a printable worksheet to help you reflect on those intersecting factors that are impacting your wellness.

Active Minds Resources Promotional Poster

Everyone just needs a little extra support sometimes. Help your community find access to the impactful resources provided by Active Minds with this “You Good? Take What You Need…” poster that you can put up or handout as you’d like.

Perfectionism Toolkit

Perfectionism can lead to the development of mental health issues like anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, and more. This toolkit will help you learn about the 3 types of perfectionism and share some tips and tricks to work on its role in your life.

Your Voice is Your Power Podcast

This mental health advocacy podcast from Active Minds can be found on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, and more. Click to find it on your preferred platform!

Workplace Mental Health Supports Guide

Curious about how to navigate mental health support in the workplace? In this guide you will learn about resources available in the workplace and tips for how to have supportive mental health conversations to access the support you need.

Tips on Coping During the Holidays

The holidays can be an overwhelming time of the year for youth and young adults. This document provides you with tips and further resources to help you develop a strategy for coping during the holiday season.

School Advocacy

Resources to help you in your advocacy efforts at your school. These advocacy tools and resources will give you and your peers what you need to ensure that your school culture and climate support everyone’s mental health — both inside and outside the classroom.

Student Fees: Advocating for Your Money to Go Towards Mental Health

The guide details the components for a successful advocacy campaign that include who the key allies are, the process for changing student fees, case studies and the steps for a successful proposal.

Student ID Cards: A Lifeline for College Students

Your student ID card is more than just plastic—it’s a key to campus life, unlocking doors, meals, and library books. But what if it could do even more? What if it could help save lives?

Transform Your Campus Guide: Leave of Absence

A guide to evaluate, identify areas for improvement, and create an advocacy action plan for campus policy change for leaves of absence.

Means Reduction: Making Your Campus a Safer Place

A guide to help understand why means reduction is an effective suicide prevention strategy, how to start a means restriction task force, and identify practical and achievable interventions.

Navigating Peer Pressure and Identity at School

The need to fit in—whether through appearance, behavior, or interests—is something almost everyone faces. This resource provides tips on how to handle peer pressure, and including setting boundaries and building a support network.

Start a Chapter Promotional Poster

Want to help start an Active Minds Chapter on your campus? This poster is the perfect place to start with a link to all the resources needed to get started. Use or share this poster to spread the word!

Community Advocacy

Resources to help you in your advocacy efforts in your community. These community advocacy tools and resources will give you what you need to advocate for mental health awareness within your community and social justice movements.

The Anxieties of Language Brokering

Many youth from immigrant households have to help translate sensitive information with family regarding topics like healthcare, law, and education, which can cause anxiety. This document shares resources and experiences from others to help aid those in these situations.

Gender-Affirming Care Information and Resources

Many LGBTQ+ youth experience difficulty in finding an LGBTQ-competent provider. This page on the Evokate website provides support and information (like key stats and resources) around gender-affirming care.

What is mental health advocacy?

Mental health advocacy encompasses any actions taken to support mental health. This can include raising awareness, educating others, and driving change. Youth and young adults have made clear that the most pressing mental health-related issues today include addressing racial justice, having equitable access to culturally responsive mental health care, advocating for youth-centered mental health school boards, changing local and state policies, and ensuring schools have LGBTQ+ inclusive mental health and sexual health curriculum.

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