Hello to the Wilkes Campus Community!\u00a0 Happy April!\u00a0 I hope all had a great break this past weekend – about one month to go in Spring Semester!\u00a0<\/p>\n
This message is for those who are not yet members of the Green Bandana Project but may have an interest in becoming part of this!\u00a0<\/p>\n
First – YOU MATTER \u2013 YOUR MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS!\u00a0 Now the semester is ” very real” with both the triumphs and challenges – keep things in perspective and stay centered. What helps if we feel we are struggling with our mental health is to SEEK HELP (like at our Counseling Center or at another local counseling or therapy service provider.\u00a0 WHERE DO WE ENCOURAGE GETTING HELP?\u00a0 Through campus messaging from Student Life (focus on wellness), and around select supports \u2013 including information obtained through members of THE GREEN BANDANA PROJECT!\u00a0 If you did not know but wondered \u201cwhat are those green bandanas on backpacks all about?” This support initiative involves encouraging those in our campus community to SEEK HELP when their mental health is in question.\u00a0 THE GREEN BANDANA PROJECT (GBP) as a campus support has the goal of promoting \u00a0mental wellness amongst us all and to push back on stigma toward people with mental illness.\u00a0 Further, the GBP aims to provide the subtle but strong message around our presence \u2013 the multitude of green bandanas seen on campus is powerful and sends the message that no one is alone when struggling with mental health – \u00a0others care!<\/p>\n
What do members of the GBP have?\u00a0 Messaging cards with information \u2013 information directing anyone who may be struggling with mental health challenges \u00a0to seek help!\u00a0 When you become a member, you get 5 cards linked to Wilkes resources around mental health and suicide prevention which you will share with others in the community who may be in need of help!\u00a0 \u00a0These messaging cards are cross-linked to Student Life and the Counseling Center weblinks addressing wellness and mental health \u2013 and refer to our affiliation at Wilkes with the Green Bandana Project, a national initiative!\u00a0 As a member, YOU BECOME\u00a0 an important part of this mental health support \u2013 and of our \u201carmy of (MENTAL HEALTH) advocates\u201d!<\/p>\n
INFORMATION for sign up \u2013 Green Bandana Project TRAININGS for Spring 26:<\/p>\n
REMAINING TRAINING DATES:\u00a0 April 7, April 16, and April 21 (you only attend ONE!) for second half of the spring semester in SLC 130 at 5 PM (for an hour) \u2013 GBP orientation and QPR suicide prevention training.\u00a0 See the QR code for signing up! Here is a Google Form link for the training and note the attached QR code!\u00a0 https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSccD7Agls2PpFmyOYLLhwkxUaGnQD–krVkqHF6TGovGrOnVw\/viewform?usp=header<\/a><\/p>\n THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN THE GREEN BANDANA PROJECT!!!<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hello to the Wilkes Campus Community!\u00a0 Happy April!\u00a0 I hope all had a great break this past weekend – about one month to go in Spring Semester!\u00a0 This message is for those who are not yet members of the Green Bandana Project but may have an interest in becoming part of this!\u00a0 First – YOU… Read More »GREEN BANDANA PROJECT – mental health awareness and response TRAININGS Spring 26 dates<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31677,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31678"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31722,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31678\/revisions\/31722"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}