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Students lead 'Amplifying Brave Voices' mental‑health campaign; district posts resource hub
Summary
A student‑driven mental‑health campaign called Amplifying Brave Voices was presented to the board. Funded by Interact for Health and produced with local partners, the campaign includes student‑created messaging, a district resource hub, social media outreach and planned staff training programs (Sources of Strength and QPR).
Students and staff presented a two‑year, student‑led mental‑health initiative, Amplifying Brave Voices, during the Talawanda board meeting on April 17 and said the district has posted a resource hub on its website to help caring adults support students.
Amy Masechko, a project lead, told the board the effort was funded by Interact for Health and developed by student groups at Talawanda High School (YITs) and Talawanda Middle School (BIT). “This is a project that has been about two years in the making,” Masechko said, and she acknowledged community partners, including Lemon Grenade Creative, which helped turn student ideas into campaign materials.
Students described the campaign themes and outreach plans. Charlie Robinson and Jace Allen, student members of the teams, summarized two campaign strands: “Be Calm in Our Storm,” which asks caring adults to listen during student stress, and a second strand that lists coping strategies such as music, nature, sleep and sports. Students said the campaign will use social media, printed materials, posters, e‑news and a billboard that went up for the month.
District staff said the Talawanda Health Coordinating Council created a public resource hub on the district website that compiles ways adults can help students, including information about Sources of Strength (a prevention program) and QPR (suicide‑prevention) training. The presenters said Sources of Strength will train student and staff peer leaders in prevention activities; QPR provides guidance for when students need immediate help.
Board members thanked students and staff for the presentation. The district said additional rollout plans will include posters in schools, social‑media posts, and integrating the campaigns into athletic and community events.
The presentation emphasized student voice and youth leadership, and presenters asked the board to support ongoing exposure of the campaign through district channels.
