Each Mind Matters is California’s Mental Health Movement – millions of individuals and thousands of organizations working to advance mental health. Join us for a youth-friendly, interactive workshop and learn why youth mental health matters, what EMM is about, and how to join the lime green movement online and in your community. Aimed at diverse young people 16-24 (and adults who work with them), the workshop will feature concrete strategies for youth to leverage technology and online communication channels to promote mental health and prevent suicide. Tools shared will include digital storytelling videos, interactive web-based resources, mobile apps and other mental health tools produced “by-and-for” young people involved with Each Mind Matters. Note: Please bring your web-enabled phone or other device to get the most out of workshop activities and win prizes for your participation!

1. Each Mind Matters: Engaging Youth in
California’s Mental Health Movement
YTH Live Conference
May 7, 2017

2. Background
- On the statewide efforts
Resources
- Available to you at no cost
Brainstorm ideas for
how to use these
materials to support
your existing efforts
Today’s Objectives
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1. Your Mind Matters: Core concepts of
mental health/wellness, mental
illness, and stigma and discrimination
and how they affect youth and young
adults in California.
2. Each Mind Matters: Identify at least
one Each Mind Matters tool,
resource and/or opportunity
available for youth.
3. Your Voice Matters: Discuss concrete
strategies (e.g., telling your story or
helping a friend) for getting youth
involved in California’s Mental Health
Movement.

4. Source: http://www.nami.org/NAMI/media/NAMI-Media/Infographics/GeneralMHFacts.pdf

5. Insert John Oliver clip

7. Each Mind Matters
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• Each Mind Matters is millions of individuals and thousands of
organizations working to advance mental health.
• Created to unite all of us who share a vision of improved mental
health and equality.

8. The Movement is growing!

9. Resources for schools,
parents and young
people
Today’s Objectives
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Resources for youth
and young adults

10. Tweens
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12. Youth & Young Adults Directing Change
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• Student Film Contest open to ages 16 to 25
in partnership with a college, organization,
club, program or other agency
• Create 60 second films about suicide
prevention, mental health matters or
through the lens of culture
• Annual awards ceremony in May
• View all films at www.directingchange.org

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Know the Signs is a statewide suicide prevention campaign built
on three key messages:
Know the signs. Find the words. Reach out.
The goal is to educate Californians how to recognize the warning
signs of suicide, how to find the words to have a direct
conversation with someone in crisis and where to find
professional help and resources.
Suicide Prevention Resources

16. MY3 App

17. # MillionsLikeMe Music for Mental Health
www.cdbaby.com/cd/MillionsLikeMe

19. Diverse Audiences: Real Stories of Recovery
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20. Active Minds: “Be a Friend” Resources

21. Coming Soon: Revised “Be True and Be You” Booklet
• Written with the help of LGBTQ+ youth and
young adults across the state.
• Includes descriptions of common mental
health challenges, ways to handle stressful or
difficult situations, real stories of others who
have been through tough times and where to
get help or help someone you know.
• Coming in May 2017!

22. Coming Soon: LGBTQ+ Latinx Youth Fact Sheet
• Bilingual mental health fact sheet created as a resource for service providers.
• Provides an introduction to the unique challenges faced by LGBTQ+ Latinx immigrant
youth, relevant resources, and best practices in serving this population within a
culturally responsive framework.

23. Activity: Resource Scavenger Hunt
Step 1: Find a Buddy.
Step 2: On one or more smart devices, visit: www.EachMindMatters.com
Step 3: Find resources on the website that answer the questions on the next
page… first team to find all three and demostrate to the group wins a prize!
Ready… Set... Go!

24. Questions
1) You have a friend that you are worried about, where would
you go to learn how to find the words talk to them about
suicide?
2) You are excited to get involved in the mental health
movement, where would you go to find an event near you?
3) You want to hand out green ribbons at your school’s health
fair, where can you get lime green ribbons?

25. So… what can I do?

26. Wear a green ribbon. Start a conversation.
• "I care about mental health because I've been there. I want people know
it's safe to reach out for support and that recovery is real.”
• "I wear the ribbon because mental health issues impact 1 in 4 people in
the US. I want to help create a community where everyone can talk
openly and honestly and have a happy, fulfilling life.”
• "I am showing my support for people with mental health challenges, and
you can too by wearing the lime green ribbon."

27. What if someone says…
Myth Response
Mental illness is rare and only happens to
other people.
We all experience different levels of mental health over time.
50% of us will experience a mental health challenge in our
lifetime.
Once you have diagnosis you can never
recover. The best you can hope for is
managing your symptoms.
People can, and do, get better all the time. With support and
treatment 70-90% of people report reduced symptoms and
improved quality of life.
You have to take medication if you have a
mental illness.
Medication is just one tool available, there are many paths to
recovery and different tools work for different people.
The mentally ill are violent. People with mental health challenges are more likely to be
harmed by acts of violence than perpetrators of them.
There’s nothing I can do to help. Everyone can make a difference. Don’t tolerate hateful
language, correct myths, or just listen.

28. Social Media Outreach

29. If you are hosting a public event, add
it to the Each Mind Matters events
page to attract a larger audience, or
find an event near you!
Find and Share Events
www.eachmindmatters.org/events/
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30. Stay connected
• Connect with social media and blog
• Sign up for Each Mind Matters
newsletter at
www.eachmindmatters.org
Twitter: @eachmindmatters
facebook.com/eachmindmatters
Instagram: eachmindmatters
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31. Questions?