Send Silence Packing Community Event @ SBCC West Campus

Send Silence Packing program will be coming SBCC West Campus on October 28th, 2024. Send Silence Packing is Active Minds’ display of stories and backpacks that aims to inspire action for suicide prevention, connect viewers to mental health resources, and jump-start action. Send Silence Packing catalyzes conversations in a way that contributes to a community’s overall positive climate for mental health.

This emotionally powerful display is presented by Active Minds, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization supporting mental health promotion and education for students. Active Minds continues to collect backpacks and personal stories from families and friends whose lives have been touched by suicide and passersby are invited to walk among the Send Silence Packing backpacks to see the photographs and read the stories attached to them. We each have a part to play. By learning more about suicide, speaking out, and changing the conversation about mental health from one dominated by stigma and ignorance to one of support and understanding, we can all save lives.

We are currently looking for volunteers to help set up, take down and staff the display. Volunteering is both easy and critical to make this event a success. This is a great opportunity to be involved with something powerful, reach out to students on campus and learn something about mental health. Interested students and faculty can sign up by contacting Lacey Peters at [email protected]  or by visiting https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4EACAA2EABFCC52-52115990-send.