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Active Minds is a national student-run mental health awareness, education, and advocacy group on college campuses throughout North America, and it has been active at Buffalo State since spring 2010. Active Minds is dedicated to increasing students’ awareness of mental health issues, providing information and resources regarding mental health and mental illness, and encouraging students to seek help as soon as it is needed. Active Minds also serves as a liaison between students and the mental health community.

The Buffalo State chapter, National Active Minds, has spearheaded several innovative initiatives focused on mental health awareness, such as cosponsoring nationally known keynote speakers Eric Weaver from Overcoming the Darkness and Maggie Bertram and Jordan Burnham from the National Active Minds Speakers Bureau, the BeSeCret (Post-Secret) Community Art Project, and Send Silence Packing.

Please encourage students to look for signs around campus announcing the group's initial meeting and to visit the website. Students interested in mental health, advocacy, leadership, empowerment, and connecting with others will really enjoy their involvement with Active Minds. Students interested in more information or in officer position opportunities should contact Suzanne Johnson in the Counseling Center, 878-4436. Faculty or staff members who are interested in posters to hang in their areas for students should also contact Johnson.