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CultureChange To advance mental health advocacy through policy change and increase social-emotional learning opportunities for K-12 students.

CultureChange will be transitioning to an advisory role for the upcoming years. As part of this organizational transitio...
24/10/2025

CultureChange will be transitioning to an advisory role for the upcoming years.

As part of this organizational transition, we have donated $1,000 to Seeds of Success. This donation will continue the development of mental health-based software for students. Seth Nilsen & Jasmin Kotek will provide input within the software development process to ensure that student-friendly outcomes are considered through all stages of development.

We will continue to work alongside the Jordyn Clark Foundation & Alston for Athletes as we advocate for sustainable mental health policy change nationwide.

Highlights from a recent 2025 mental health lesson! These fun activities & conversation-based lessons were made possible...
16/10/2025

Highlights from a recent 2025 mental health lesson! These fun activities & conversation-based lessons were made possible by an awesome partnership with Macalester football players ✨

Jasmin Kotek, Seth Nilsen, and Alex Schaumann teamed up in 2018 to tackle the mental health crisis through legislative a...
18/08/2025

Jasmin Kotek, Seth Nilsen, and Alex Schaumann teamed up in 2018 to tackle the mental health crisis through legislative ambitions. The primary objective has been to ensure that every child and university student gets access to mental health resources and educational opportunities. We have accomplished the following:

4-part bill through Minnesota State University,Mankato that expanded telehealth services to include breaks from school and expanded on-campus mental health educational opportunities for students.

Partnership with Active Minds to pass similar legislation through the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

Partnership with the Bandana Project to teach each of their nationwide chapters about the process of passing sustainable policy at the university level.

Expanded our university initiatives to include international fraternities. Through a partnership with Phi Delta Theta, CultureChange’s advocacy resulted in mental health module implementation in United States and Canadian fraternal chapters.

Through partnerships with the Jordyn Clark Foundation and Alston for Athletes, we have had the opportunity to successfully advocate for mental health training for athletes and coaches throughout Minnesota, Maryland, Virginia, and Ohio.

11/09/2024

We were so excited to have Seth and Alex from CultureChange at our main office in Alabama! They came from Minnesota to talk mental health for school employees and students! They are working to improve mental health care and we hope to do our part, too! Let us know if you would like to know more about CultureChange and the difference they’re making for clients everywhere!

CultureChange founders Seth Nilsen and Alex Schmit met with Sydney Scoggins, owner of EAP Lifestyle Management LLC, in D...
20/08/2024

CultureChange founders Seth Nilsen and Alex Schmit met with Sydney Scoggins, owner of EAP Lifestyle Management LLC, in Daphne, Alabama. We are excited to collaborate and develop innovative backend software that emphasizes patient empowerment and business sustainability.

CultureChange’s software will pair patients with compatible therapists to empower patients – especially those referred by higher levels of care, schools, counties, or a primary care physician, as this system is intended for institutional integration. A dating app-style algorithm will allow patients to see pictures and detailed information about their potential therapist match. It will provide a partial place for therapists to automate their caseload management partially. This system will reduce the time needed for administration while giving therapists direct control over their caseload and improving clinic client retention rates.

We will reach patients in 40+ states once this system is fully developed and integrated through this partnership with EAP Lifestyle Management LLC. The objective of this project and collaboration is to get the therapist to match correct on the first time (reducing barriers to re-seeking mental healthcare), provide the best caseload management platform for therapists, and maximize the rates of client retention for employee assistance programs, private practices, and mental health clinics.

Culture Change members and student-athlete representatives brought their work to Faribault Middle School, wrapping up ...
11/06/2024

Culture Change members and student-athlete representatives brought their work to Faribault Middle School, wrapping up & celebrating the end of the school year. 💚

From sharing the Green Bandana Project to utilizing comprehensive mental health curriculum from CultureChange, we created needed conversations around mental health! Putting outreach, access, and connections at the forefront, we dove into a dynamic CC lesson where we started defining mental health, what positive well-being looks like, and how we, as a community, can collectively change the culture and stigmas surrounding mental health. 🧠

Thank you for having us, Faribault Middle Schoolers! ✨
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Today, May 16th is MTV’s Mental Health Action Day! 📣With this year’s theme being “connection,” encourages you to elevat...
17/05/2024

Today, May 16th is MTV’s Mental Health Action Day! 📣

With this year’s theme being “connection,” encourages you to elevate mental health conversations across our communities.

Take a second to reflect…
💚 How do you prioritize your mental health?
💚 Why are you a mental health advocate?
💚 How are you shifting the culture and stigmas surrounding mental health?

Comment & connect below with your answer to any of the prompts 🔽
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Today kicks off ; here is your reminder that “it’s okay not to be okay.” 💚Be sure to follow along to keep up with all o...
02/05/2024

Today kicks off ; here is your reminder that “it’s okay not to be okay.” 💚

Be sure to follow along to keep up with all of the CultureChange Crew content we have planned this month to continue our work changing the cultures & stigmas surrounding mental health through outreach, access, and connections.
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Message from CultureChange Founder & Program Director, Seth Nilsen: The mental health crisis can only be solved through ...
30/03/2024

Message from CultureChange Founder & Program Director, Seth Nilsen:

The mental health crisis can only be solved through innovators within the private sector.
Through physical products that make accessing mental health care more seamless.

I founded CultureChange with my best friends for one reason; to be the change. I’ve read, and advised, too much mental health policy with purposefully broad verbiage that’s unenforceable. Federal and state government funding is oftentimes unsustainable due to political motivations or investments that are made without a comprehensive strategic plan.

CultureChange’s School Mental Health Framework does exactly that. We’ve had our mental health curriculum sponsored by multiple businesses throughout the U.S. This curriculum teaches students how to proactively manage their mental health. Our screening tools help teachers identify students in need of services. Our policy maximizes social-emotional learning environments.

Here’s how we’re different:

CultureChange is evolving our “One-Stop Shop” for school mental health with artificial intelligence that connects students to school and community-based mental health resources through our partnership with Seeds of Success, a Minnesota-based tech startup. The largest addressable issue in the mental health space is the disconnect between students, families, and people in need, with existing quality services that are available to them. We are developing a software branch of CultureChange to strategically complement the amazing artificial intelligence software that is being developed by our partner, Seeds of Success.

The objective is to create the most comprehensive mental health package for schools, and students, and scale our product to be available for people in all age demographics. For everyone who has followed CultureChange’s journey, we want to make one thing crystal clear – failure to reach these ambitions is not, and will never be, an option. To put it lightly, we’re locked in.

Athletes Taking Action - real stories from amazing, ambitious athletes right here in Minnesota.💪🏻_______Meet Max Mogelso...
27/03/2024

Athletes Taking Action - real stories from amazing, ambitious athletes right here in Minnesota.💪🏻
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Meet Max Mogelson, a graduate of Two Rivers High School, who hits the field as a star of the football team playing as a Defensive Lineman. 🏈👟

As a training D1 Football player, Max will continue to pursue a college degree while playing at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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A bit more about Max….

Max’s personal mental health story: “Mental health has always been a big part of my life. Whether it was my mental health, or the mental health of those in my family, it always has been important. Moving across the country for college has opened my eyes and mind to a whole new view on mental health and the struggles that come with maintaining a healthy mindset.”

Why Max believes mental health advocacy is essential: “I believe most people are not educated enough on such an important topic. Mental health is a normal thing that everybody has and faces daily. The stigma in the world today around mental health still stands very negative, and I believe we need to continue to change that actively.”
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Thank you, Max, for using your voice, actions, and platforms to change the culture and stigmas surrounding mental health. You are awesome! ✨
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CC X NPHS 🤍CultureChange members & athletes had the excitement of working hands-on with students at New Prague High Scho...
22/03/2024

CC X NPHS 🤍

CultureChange members & athletes had the excitement of working hands-on with students at New Prague High School with our comprehensive, hand-crafted, standards-aligned K-12 mental health curriculum. ✏️

Focusing on creating outreach, access, and connections, we dove into a CC lesson where we started by defining mental health, what positive well-being looks like, and how we, as a community, can change the culture and stigmas surrounding mental health. 💚

Thank you for sharing your afternoon with us, Trojans! ✨
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Athletes Taking Action - real stories from amazing, ambitious athletes right here in Minnesota.💪🏻_______Meet Ryan Johnso...
12/03/2024

Athletes Taking Action - real stories from amazing, ambitious athletes right here in Minnesota.💪🏻
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Meet Ryan Johnson, a current senior at Lakeville South High School, where he takes the court as a guard in Basketball. 🏀 👟

As an upcoming D2 basketball player committed to Concordia St.Paul, Ryan will simultaneously pursue a post-secondary education and athletics.
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A bit more about Ryan….

Ryan’s personal mental health story: “Freshman year, my confidence was shattered, and I’ve spent the last three years trying to find that confidence and trust within myself again. It’s been a journey, but I’ve learned so much along the way and am so grateful for the journey it’s taken me on.”

Why Ryan believes mental health advocacy is essential: “Mental health is huge because it’s so important. 90% of life is mental, 10% is physical.”
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Thank you, Ryan, for using your voice, actions, and platforms to change the culture and stigmas surrounding mental health. You are amazing! ✨
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