Active Minds Mizzou

04/10/2019

Craving Pizza for dinner? Our organization is having a profit-share at Shakespeare’s tonight and 15% of the proceeds will go towards Active Minds Mizzou to allow us to continue educating our peers about mental health topics, connecting students to on-campus and community resources, and working towards ending the stigma surrounding mental health.

04/03/2019

Consider supporting the Mizzou chapter of Active Minds by donating to this GoFundMe Campaign!

Our organization empowers students to speak openly about mental health in order to educate others and encourage help-seeking. We are changing the culture on campuses and in the community by providing information, leadership opportunities and advocacy training to the next generation. Through campus-wide events and national programs, Active Minds aims to remove the stigma that surrounds mental health issues, and create a comfortable environment for an open conversation about mental health issues.

Want to join me in making a difference? I'm raising money to benefit Active Minds, Inc., and any donation will help make an impact. Thanks in advance for your contribution to this cause and reducing the stigma of mental health! More information about Active Minds, Inc.: Active Minds empowers stu...

03/18/2019

March 18th-22nd is Missouri Students Association (MSA)’s Mental Health Awareness Week! Join MSA and Active Minds Mizzou for the Share Your Story Panel TONIGHT at 6:00pm in room 113 in the Arts & Science building! Don't miss this opportunity to experience your peers sharing their own stories regarding mental health and illness.

03/17/2019

Missouri Students Association (MSA) is hosting some awesome events for their annual Mental Health Awareness Week! Make sure to stop by and check them out!

03/08/2019

Join us on Tuesday, March 19th at 7:00pm in the Leadership Auditorium of the MU Student Center (2nd floor, 2501 Leadership Aud.) to welcome keynote speaker, J. Danée Sergeant, from Active Minds National Speakers Bureau. Danée will speak to us about stigma reduction, anger, people of color and mental health and trauma. Messages on gratitude, giving back, and let others know that it’s not how you perceive your situation—it’s what you do to turn it around. remind us that if we’re going to help others, we have to care for ourselves first.

Click the link below to learn more about J. Danée Sergeant and join us for and informative discussion on a variety of mental health topics.

https://www.activeminds.org/speaker/danee-sergeant/

02/22/2019

Active Minds Mizzou, Missouri Students Association (MSA), and Chaarg at Mizzou invite you to join us on Wednesday, February 27th at 7pm in Stotler Lounge II & III as we observe National Eating Disorder Awareness (NEDA) Week with A Discussion on Body Positivity with guest speakers Dr. Pamela Hinton and Kristin Miller from the Nutrition and Exercise Physiology Department.

Join us for an open discussion about nutrition, mindful eating and the body positivity movement! We will be featuring a meaningful tattoo showcase created by our very own Gabby Deimeke! Light refreshments will be provided.

02/19/2019

Active Minds Mizzou is currently accepting t-shirt donations for our annual Shed the Silence event taking place on April 10th from 10am-2pm at Kuhlman Court, behind the MU Student Center. We will be displaying 1,100 t-shirts to symbolize the heart-breaking number of college students that are lost to su***de each year. Resources will be posted throughout the display.

PLEASE Feel free to donate any and all t-shirts for this event, afterwards they will be donated to local shelters.

You can drop t-shirts off in the Wellness Resource center (G202) in the basement of the MU Student Center.

***RESOURCES***
Mizzou Counseling Center 24 Hour Hotline: (573) 882-6601
National Su***de Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
Missouri Crisis Line: 1-888-761-4357
Crisis Text Line: TEXT CONNECT TO 741741
Trevor Line: 1-866-488-7386
MUPD: (573) 882-7201

02/07/2019

Check out some myths and facts from Step Up Mizzou along with these mental health and crisis resources in order to become a more active bystander for someone in your life that may be struggling. You can request a Step Up presentation from Active Minds for your organization’s next meeting on the Health and Well-being Peer Education page on Orgsync or by clicking the link below!

https://orgsync.com/175048/forms/335008

01/29/2019

Become a leader on campus through changing the conversation about mental health!

Apply to Active Minds and becoming a peer educator! We are a student-run mental health awareness, education, and advocacy organization on Mizzou's campus.

We are designed to utilize peer outreach and increase student's awareness of mental health issues and symptoms of mental illness, provide info about available resources, and encourage students to seek help for themselves or a friend as soon as needed.

Our goal is to remove the stigma that surrounds mental illness and create and open environment for discussion of mental health issues.

Click the link below to apply before applications close on Sunday, February 3rd!

https://orgsync.com/175048/forms/334579