{"id":9925,"date":"2019-03-25T23:24:04","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T04:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/?p=9925"},"modified":"2019-03-25T23:24:04","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T04:24:04","slug":"active-minds-receives-award-at-national-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/archives\/9925","title":{"rendered":"Active Minds Receives Award at National Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Grace Nordquist–<\/strong>Active Minds is Morningside\u2019s new mental health awareness\ngroup on campus. The group was founded at the end of fall semester 2018 by sophomore\nand group President Macie Moore. With the help and participation from other\nMorningside students, the group started meeting regularly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What exactly is\nActive Minds and what does the group do? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Active Minds is a national organization with over 450 chapters\nthroughout the U.S. who meet with the goal to reduce the stigma surrounding\nmental illnesses. During group meetings discussions can vary from different\nmental illnesses and how to combat stigma. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In January and February three informational \u201cboot camp\u201d\nmeetings were held. Students who attended at least two of the three sessions\nwere considered core members. The sessions were \u201cHow to fight the Stigma,\u201d\n\u201cAdvocacy in the Real World,\u201d and \u201cBasic VAR\u201d (validate, appreciate, and\nrefer).  These sessions helped students\ngain a better understanding of important topics surrounding mental health and\nillnesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the most successful events Active Minds Morningside\nchapter put on was the \u201cLeaf Stigma Behind\u201d program. During this, a table in\nthe library had poster titled \u201cLeaf Stigma Behind\u201d with a tree with branches drawn\non it. Various paint colors were set out and labeled with different mental\nillnesses. Students were encouraged to put their thumb in a paint color of\nsomeone they knew (or themselves) who had been affected by that illness. Then\nstudents stamped their thumb on one of the branches, looking like colorful\nleaves to decorate the tree. The goal was to show how much mental illness\neffects people, leaving (or leafing) stigma behind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along with the \u201cLeaf stigma behind\u201d program, bracelets were\nsold as a fundraiser. The group members made them with washers and different\ncolored string. The washers had either \u201cdream,\u201d \u201cbrave,\u201d or \u201cstrong\u201d carved in\nthem. The bracelets were popular and sold out fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the success of the \u201cleaf stigma behind\u201d program, the\nexecutive members submitted it to the national conference and for awards. The\ncreative program shined above the other entries and received the \u201croad runner\u201d\naward. This award is given to a first-year chapter who exemplifies exceptional\nwork. There were over 100 chapters eligible for it this year, which is almost\ndouble the past years entries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Macie Moore and Vice President Kali Hill\nrepresented the chapter at the national Active Minds conference in Washington\nD.C. March 22nd<\/sup> and 23rd<\/sup> to receive the award. They also set\nup the \u201cleaf stigma behind\u201d program at a table during the programming expo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moore and Hill were able to attend informational\npresentations and break out activities while at the conference. The two will bring\nback the information they learned to Morningside to continue to fight the\nstigma behind mental illness and spread awareness throughout campus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To get involved in Active Minds follow them on Instagram\n@msideactiveminds and Twitter @MsideActiveMind for updates on events and\nmeeting times. The group typically meets in UPS auditorium Thursdays at 7 PM. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Grace Nordquist–Active Minds is Morningside\u2019s new mental health awareness group on campus. The group was founded at the end of fall semester 2018 by sophomore and group President Macie Moore. With the help and participation from other Morningside students, the group started meeting regularly. What exactly is Active Minds and what does the group…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[203],"tags":[53852,53853,46941,46880],"class_list":["post-9925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-active-minds","tag-mental-illness","tag-morningside-college-2","tag-msidelife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9925"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9927,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9925\/revisions\/9927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}