NAMI on Campus is a national nonprofit membership organization whose goal is to reduce stigma around mental health at school campuses. The club will focus on reaching out to students who have mental, physical, minor, and even severe illnesses. After personally witnessing the drastic change the club had achieved at my high school, I would like to bring it to UCSD as it will provide a positive stigma around mental health awareness on our campus and allow students to come and reach out to us for help. NAMI will provide the campus with presentations, guest speakers, educational fairs, and student panels that will aim to educate the community about reducing stigma, and making UCSD a positive environment, one person at a time.
we really need this at ucsd. too many people struggling in silence here and the school doesnt do enough to help out. really hope this gets approved