Bring Change to Mind
Mission
Bring Change to Mind (BC2M) is a mission oriented foundation focused on ending stigma and discrimination surrounding mental illness. This aim is achieved by:
Starting conversations. Opening a dialogue about mental illness builds the awareness, understanding, and empathy necessary to inspire the action, structural change, and the creation of new norms which end stigma and discrimination.
Amplifying the voices and stories that will open hearts and minds and change fear and stigma toward people living with mental illness into compassion and support for their journey ahead.
Allying with other mental health professionals, academics, resources and advocates to grow this consequential movement.
Empowering the future through a foundation built by deeply engaged change agents, such as young people touched by mental illness and motivated to improve the lives of others.
Supporting science by upholding the latest research, evaluating interventions for effectiveness, then sharing with confidence.
Fighting for human rights, saving lives, reducing suffering, and ensuring that people living with a mental illness are able to pursue their human potential with dignity, full civil rights, appropriate healthcare, and unbridled access to life’s opportunities.
Let's Talk Mental Health!
1 in 4 people will be affected by a mental illness at some point in their lives. 50% of these mental health disorders will begin before the age of 14, and 75% before the age of 24. There are effective treatments available for mental illness, but nearly ⅔ of people living with a diagnosis do not seek help from a health professional because of stigma and discrimination. BC2M is working to change the unacceptable fact that cultural misinformation and bias is preventing millions of people from leading full and successful lives.
Communities, schools, and governments are gradually recognizing the impact of mental illness on today’s youth, as shown by funding for mental health services and early intervention initiatives. However, in the growing efforts to improve these services, the most important voice in changing the next generation’s relationship with mental health is often being lost.
Through a novel framework, the BC2M High School Program empowers teens to become catalysts of change. Students decide how to tackle these issues in a way that is relevant to them, their peers, and their community. In this non-traditional, youth-focused approach, our Clubs encourage teens to utilize their creativity and passion, as well as their crowdsourcing skills, to achieve the goal of normalizing the conversation around mental health. The BC2M High School Program was founded to address the reality that adolescence is a critical window to raise mental health awareness and combat cultural misinformation.
BC2M student-led clubs are full of fellow students who work on campus-wide work to raise awareness for mental health, destigmatize these struggles, and spread hope. When you join these clubs, you join a community of support and positivity!
Participating Schools
High Schools
Bowman High School
Canyon High School (@canyonwellness on Instagram)
Castaic High School (@castaic_hs_bc2m on Instagram)
Golden Valley High School (@gvhs_bc2m on Instagram)
Saugus High School (@shs_bc2m on Instagram)
Valencia High School
West Ranch High School (@bc2m_wr23 on Instagram)
William S. Hart High School (@bc2mhart on Instagram)
Junior High Schools
Arroyo Seco Junior High
La Mesa Junior High School
Placerita Junior High School
Rancho Pico Junior High School
Rio Norte Junior High School
Sierra Vista Junior High School