{"683210":{"#nid":"683210","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Mental Health Ally Program Kickoff","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIntroducing the Georgia Tech \u003Cstrong\u003EMental Health Ally\u003C\/strong\u003E (MHA) program!\u0026nbsp;The MHA program, developed by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mentalhealth.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Mental Health Care and Resources\u003C\/a\u003E (CMHCR) in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/students.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EStudent Engagement and Well-Being\u003C\/a\u003E, is for students who are looking for ways to be proactive and engaged in maintaining their own mental health and in sharing campus resource knowledge with other students.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents can sign up for a 30-minute\u0026nbsp;MHA orientation with CMHCR staff to learn about mental health services and resources including counseling, referrals, and upcoming events. After the orientation, students will be able to assist as volunteers alongside counselors on community-oriented outreach and tabling activities. Those who participate will receive a T-shirt and a certificate,\u0026nbsp;as well as receiving other giveaways from the program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStop by the free kickoff event on Friday Aug. 28 between 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Campanile to learn more about the program, sign up for an orientation session, and get free giveaways and snacks! Learn more on the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mentalhealth.gatech.edu\/outreach-programs\/overview-outreach-programs\u0022\u003ECMHCR website\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudents are invited to attend a kickoff event on Aug. 28 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Campanile to learn more and get free giveaways and snacks!\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"New Mental Health Ally program launches on campus"}],"uid":"36479","created_gmt":"2025-07-22 02:32:10","changed_gmt":"2025-07-22 12:07:33","author":"abowman41","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2025-08-28T11:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2025-08-28T15:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2025-08-28T15:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2025-08-28 15:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2025-08-28 19:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2025-08-28 19:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Campanile (rain location: John Lewis Student Center 2nd Floor)","extras":["freebies"],"hg_media":{"677467":{"id":"677467","type":"image","title":"MHA-Newsletter-Banner.png","body":null,"created":"1753186004","gmt_created":"2025-07-22 12:06:44","changed":"1753186004","gmt_changed":"2025-07-22 12:06:44","alt":"mental health ally program graphic","file":{"fid":"261368","name":"MHA-Newsletter-Banner.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/07\/22\/MHA-Newsletter-Banner.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/07\/22\/MHA-Newsletter-Banner.png","mime":"image\/png","size":125970,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/07\/22\/MHA-Newsletter-Banner.png?itok=Qy2XiHV0"}}},"media_ids":["677467"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/mentalhealth.gatech.edu\/outreach-programs\/overview-outreach-programs","title":"Learn more"}],"groups":[{"id":"428961","name":"Health and Well-Being"},{"id":"652360","name":"Student Engagement and Well-Being"},{"id":"1269","name":"Student Life"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"194688","name":"Mental Health Ally Program"},{"id":"10343","name":"mental health"},{"id":"193493","name":"Center for Mental Health Care and Resources"},{"id":"4966","name":"ally"},{"id":"167007","name":"health \u0026 well-being"},{"id":"188164","name":"Student Engagement and Well-being"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"194684","name":"Free"},{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EShiraz Karaa\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003Eshiraz.karaa@studentlife.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}