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How Active Minds’ Interns Champion Mental Health

Active Minds

We are so excited to work with this wonderful group of students in advancing our mission of changing the culture around mental health. I’m most looking forward to developing my skills and expanding my knowledge of nonprofit work and the mental health field to prepare myself more for the workforce. Where are you from?

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education. We believe in absolutely helping them actualize their goals and vice versa.”

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A Call to Action: Higher Education Must Implement Culturally Responsive Mental Health Practices

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

News survey revealed that 70% of 3,649 students struggled with mental health since starting college. Mental health is synonymous with psychological wellness, a multidimensional construct involving satisfaction and balance among mind, body, and spirit (Myers & Sweeney, 2005). A recent U.S. Dance (e.g.,

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The Black Woman’s Burden: Battling Inertia in Higher Ed

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

By building support groups, Black women have been able to encourage each other to take more time for self-care and mental health. Eventually, they documented their experiences in a 2005 article, "Retaining Each Other: Narratives of Two African American Women in the Academy."

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The Magic of Play Therapy for Children & Teens

Thrive Alliance Group

Play therapy is an evidence-based approach to mental health therapy that helps children and teens (and even adults) to heal, build self-confidence, and better understand the world around them. Landreth, 2005, p.108). Mental Health Professionals Applying the Therapeutic Power of Play”. The Play Therapist”.

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Can't Stop, Won't Stop

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

If the pandemic has not taught us anything else, it has taught us that our mental health is vital to the ways in which we show up in our personal lives and professional lives. So, it was imperative for me to create a space for our voices to be heard as we enter a scary era of American history.