MHC to sponsor summit

By Aubrie Lawrence

Throughout the month of September,  Mental Health Club will be hosting a mental health summit to bring awareness to National Suicide Prevention month. The campaign, It’s OK not to be OK, will be providing a variety of events that will help break the stigma surrounding suicide and educate students on mental health resources on campus. 

On Sept. 10 the Mental Health Club will be screening season 1, episode 13 of “13 Reasons Why” as well as holding a discussion panel in the Scottsbluff Room of the Student Center at 6: 30 p.m. The focus of this event is to help break the ice and start a discussion on mental health and educate students on the resources available on campus. During the screening, students will be allowed to post anonymous questions that will help guide the discussion during the panel.  

The following day there will be QPR training for students with a time and place to be announced at a later date. 

A mental health picnic will be held on Sept. 21 in The Hub and the surrounding outside area from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be counseling booths, yoga, arts and crafts, sports, and a mental health screening available to students. The day will provide a day of mental rest to students while also providing them with plenty of resources and educating them on stress and anxiety. 

A suicide awareness art display will be available in Memorial Hall the entire month for students to submit art that expresses their feelings on suicide and depression. At the end of the month, the art summit will close and there will be a show of all the artwork students have created.