National nonprofit Active Minds seeks to remove mental health stigma
And there were 1,000 of them displayed Tuesday on the lawn at San Jose State, part of a national campaign by the nonprofit group Active Minds calling for greater attention to suicide prevention efforts.
San Jose State student Mariah Ramirez pauses to reflect while viewing the suicide prevention exhibit, Send Silence Packing, that featured 1,000 backpacks laid out on the Tower Lawn representing lives lost to suicide. Sarah Strader-Garcia, a clinical counselor and adviser for the school’s student-run mental health club who helped set up the display, said: “We’re just trying to remove the stigma about mental health and encouraging people to talk about it and get help.”www.activeminds.org/programs/send-silence-packingSan Jose State University hosted the suicide prevention exhibit, Send Silence Packing, featuring 1,000 backpacks laid out on the Tower Lawn representing lives lost to suicide.
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