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Share I recently read about Attitudes in Reverse (A.I.R.), a suicide prevention nonprofit in New Jersey launched to educate young adults about mental health and curtail the rising suicide rate for this population. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at least 20 percent of deaths of 15- to 24-year-olds each year result [...] May 15th, 2013 | Tags: Attitudes in Reverse, behavioral health, cause of the quarter, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, mental health, mental health month blog day, mental illness, persuasive storytelling, social change, social issues, Social Marketing, suicide prevention, Vanguardians 4 Social Change | Categories: Social Issues, Social Marketing
2 comments | Share: Share CVV suicide hotline poster by Leo Burnett São Paulo, Brazil Continuing our tradition of sharing the gift of social change, Vanguard staff is starting a new volunteer program — Vanguardians 4 Social Change. Each quarter, Vanguard staff will select a social cause close to our hearts that we will raise awareness of and inspire action around. Through [...] April 2nd, 2013 | Tags: AFSP, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, cause of the quarter, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Out of the Darkness Overnight Walk, social change, social issues, Social Marketing, suicide prevention, Vanguardians 4 Social Change | Categories: Social Issues
Leave a comment | Share: Share Each Monday we will introduce you to a member of our staff in our new “Meet us Mondays” series. Rachael Siefert on the Great Wall of China in May 2012. Name: Rachael Siefert What is your current title at Vanguard? Senior Account Executive How long have you been with Vanguard? Almost 5 years! I started as an intern back [...] March 4th, 2013 | Tags: career, communications, communicator, Cory Booker, intern, Lady Gaga, Meet us Mondays, Michelle Obama, PR, public relations, Social Marketing | Categories: Uncategorized
One comment | Share: Share In Memoriam Tricialouise Millard (Gurley) The Vanguard team lost a very special friend last weekend. Tricialouise Gurley Millard was a dynamic, dedicated, enthusiastic change-maker for youth in the mental health field. Tricia embraced communication as one way to increase youth participation in decisions about their own mental health [...] August 6th, 2012 | Tags: advocate, board member, cause, children, children's mental health, communications, health, In memoriam, mental health, mental health field, Social Marketing, Tricialouise Gurley Millard, youth, youth advocate, Youth M.O.V.E., youth movement | Categories: Uncategorized
One comment | Share: Share Photo Courtesy of jsindal on Flickr Two weeks ago Junior Seau, one of the NFL’s most beloved, cheery and charismatic athletes, took his own life. In support of the American Psychological Association’s Mental Health Blog Party as part of May is Mental Health Month, I would like to take a few paragraphs to [...] May 16th, 2012 | Tags: communication, cultural competency, mental health, mental health blog day, social change, Social Marketing, stigma | Categories: Social Issues
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