1. 1. Active Minds at Ball State University Changing the conversation about mental health.
2. 2. To empower students to speak openly about mental health in order to educate others and encourage help-seeking. Active Minds is changing the culture on campuses and in the community by providing information, leadership opportunities, and advocacy training to the next generation. Our Mission
3. 3. "Little Phi" is Sigma Phi Epsilon's 2nd annual spring philanthropy March 11th, 4PM Tricycle team Free Registration! (additional personal fundraising encouraged) AMBSU: Offered opportunity to table at the event. Any takers on heading this up? Would only need to be for an hour. Last year the event raised tens of thousands of dollars so the publicity would be great!
4. 4. Free Registration for Wiffle Ball! Team of 6-8??? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o
5. 5. Active Minds & Alive Panel
6. 6. Fall 2015 AMBSU Awareness Blitz September 14, 2015
7. 7. Send Silence Packing is a nationally recognized traveling exhibition of 1,100 donated backpacks, representing the number of college students lost to suicide each year. The program is designed to raise awareness about the incidence and impact of suicide, connect students to needed mental health resources, and inspire action for suicide prevention. The speaker we are hosting that same day, Kevin Briggs, is a former California Highway Patrol officer who spent many years patrolling San Franciscos Golden Gate Bridge, where he encountered numerous individuals clinging to life by a thread people who had lost all hope and could see no way out of their current situations--and ready to leap from the bridge to what they assumed would be sudden death, and an end to their pain and hopelessness.
8. 8. We can change the statistics. Lets start the conversation.
9. 9. Join Active Minds to: Increase the campus students, facultys, and staffs awareness of issues surrounding mental health, symptoms related to mental health disorders, and mental health resources available both on campus and in the surrounding the community Reduce stigma toward people living with mental illness so that students will feel more comfortable seeking help when it is needed and openly discussing mental health related issues Promote a general awareness of comprehensive self health by emphasizing techniques that care for the body as well as the mind Provide students with easy access to information about various Eating Disorders, Depression, Dysthymic Disorder, ADHD, Panic Attack Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and any other mental illness about which they inquire. Serve as a liaison between the student body and the mental health community by hosting guest speakers, providing informational fact sheets, organizing fundraisers, maintaining a comprehensive website, and organizing other events designed to reduce stigma and raise awareness.
10. 10. Why get involved with Active Minds? : Among 18 24 year olds, the prevalence of mental illness is higher than in older adults. However, this age group shows the lowest rate of help-seeking behaviors. The high-stress environment of college life and being on their own for the first time makes college students especially vulnerable to developing mental health problems. Half of all college students have had suicidal thoughts but because of the stigma and shame surrounding mental illness, many students are suffering in silence. Too often, that silence leads to tragedy. Active Minds works with students to educate entire campus communities about mental health, so students can: Understand what they are going through when first experiencing symptoms; Know where to get professional help on campus; Know how to talk to friends they are worried about; Feel supported and accepted while living with a mental health disorder.
11. 11. Brainstorm Think about what youve encountered as a student that promotes mental wellness on your campus and anything that gets in the way. What is our vision for the future of mental health and those who have mental illness on our campus? i.What would you like to see our chapter accomplish next year? 3 years? ii.What would we need to get there? iii.How will the SSP and Speaker on Sept. 14th help? Think both big & small
12. 12. Remember
13. 13. Not everyone has a mental illness but EVERYONE has mental health
14. 14. ACTION PLAN: -Press Release Announcing Partnership -Billboard feat. BSU Athletes, Charlie Cardinal, and two AMBSU members -Continuing involvement w/ tabling at 2015 Football game
15. 15. Classic AMBSU Shirt on Comfort Colors Short Sleeve $9 each Delivered by Yr. End
16. 16. Remaining Meeting(s) Officer Meeting April 4th *details to be posted to officer FB Page End of the Year Celebration/Final Meeting 5pm on Monday April 18th here in Multi. Details to follow via email TBAFINALS WEEK STRESS LESS EVENT FYI: Officers will meet virtually 2x per month over summer
17. 17. Officer Interest Session Immediately following tonight's meeting Leadership is vital to AMBSUs success and continuity. Our chapter cannot function well without effective student leaders. Active Minds Bylaws have no requirements about the make-up or structure of student leadership within our chapter, through 2018. The leadership roles are appointed by the Founder, Jake Griffin, thru the Fall 2018 school year to ensure chapter development and sustainability.
18. 18. Join the Conversation.