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One Thousand Backpacks Remind Us to Hold Each Other Close | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson

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The Drum’s social media executive Amy Houston assesses what platforms such as Pinterest, TikTok and Snapchat are doing to promote mental wellbeing online in a time where users’ confidence in social media is low.

‘A Wake-up Call’: 1,000 Backpacks Across Harvard Yard Bring Attention to Undergraduates Lost to Suicide | News | The Harvard Crimson

Active Minds brought their mobile exhibit “Send Silence Packing” to the Residential Plaza from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Oct. 13. The exhibit features over 1000 personal stories of individuals who lost loved ones to suicide taped to backpacks. Many of these individuals wrote about family members who took their own life, but others...

Backpacks with stories of students lost to suicide filled the lawn of Sweetheart Circle Tuesday, equipping visitors with mental health resources and encouraging them to speak up about their mental health. The Counseling center partnered with Active Minds to host a Send Silence Packing event on October 12, spreading awareness on mental health silence. The...

Social Media Today

 Snap has tapped a faction of influencers to serve as mental health advocates in honor of World Mental Health Awareness Day. The group, called Club Unity, will open up about their own mental health journeys on Snapchat and encourage other young people to do the same, with a focus on increasing support around BIPOC and LGBTQ+ youth. Club Unity consists of humanitarian and model Halima Aden, musicians Chloe x Halle, Rickey Thompson, basketballer Trae Young, dancer Maddie Ziegler, and creator Yu...

“Throughout my three years here at the university, I've just been putting in effort into different organizations and trying to