April 7 is Community Mental Health Action Day!

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 14:40:43 -0500

Save the Date!

Dear UMBC Community Members,

On behalf of the University Steering Committee, we are writing to ask you to save Thursday, April 7 on your calendar for a Community Mental Health Action day. The USC will be working with partners across campus to host events both in person and online over the course of the day to promote mental health and community well-being. For now, we are writing to ask three things:

1. Please help make this day happen! If you have an idea for a workshop, class, conversation, or event that you would like to take the lead on, please email Susan McDonough at mcdonoug@umbc.edu. Alternatively, if you’re already programming an event that we can help advertise, let us know.

2. Please consider building this day into your syllabi and plans for the work day, perhaps with an assignment or readings that reflect the theme through the lens of your field, or perhaps with a study day to allow folks to participate throughout the day.

3. Join us on Apr 7, 2022!

We look forward to sharing more details in the coming weeks and hope that you’ll all participate in some way on this important day.

Sincerely,

Susan McDonough, Chair, University Steering Committee

Wendy Zhang, Vice-chair, University Steering Committee