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From Active Minds, an on campus student mental health advocacy organization ...

This evening you'll find a silver ribbon outside your office door, which comes with a request that you wear it tomorrow (Tuesday, Oct. 5th). This is the National Day Without Stigma, which aims to raise awareness about the life circumstances of the one in four Americans who struggle each year with mental illness. The hope is that our wearing silver ribbons on campus tomorrow will both begin to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness, and help to open dialogue around issues of mental health at Bryn Mawr.  

Active Minds will also be tabling on Merion Green from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. on Tuesday, with specific information about their organization and more general information about mental health; you can pick up extra ribbons there, too. In Thomas 110 at 9 p.m. on Tuesday evening, a panel of students will also be talking about their experiences with mental illness and stigma.