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Kevin Hines teaches an audience of 150-200 people, that it's OK to ask for help and to never bottle up your emotions on Monday, Sept. 16, 2019, at The Marjorie Luke Theatre at Santa Barbara Junior High in Santa Barbara, Calif. Hines is one of 25 survivors who jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge.

Suicide attempt survivor strives to raise awareness for mental health

Valerie van den Broek, Features Editor
September 17, 2019
Illustration by Alejandro Gonzalez Valle

SBCC offers support for students dealing with mental health

Alex Degerlund, Staff Writer
September 28, 2018
Increase in suicide rates in the United States from 1999 to 2014. Suicide rates have had a greater pace of increase since 2006. (Source: CDC)

SBCC Student Health and Wellness supports Crisis Text Line

JULIA LEE, Channels Staff
September 29, 2017
Miguel Cruz, president of the Still I Rise Writing Club (seated third from right), leads a discussion of depression and suicide during a writing circle on Tuesday, Sept. 20, during the “Send Silence Packing” event in front of the Luria Library. “I’m safe here; I feel loved,” said Cruz.

Backpacks cover SBCC, bringing awareness to student suicide

ANGELA ROSE BICKMANN, Channels Staff
September 21, 2016
Alison Malmon, founder and executive director of Active Minds Inc., speaks to a large audience about mental health in young people on Tuesday, March 22, in the Garvin Theatre at City College. Malmon founded Active Minds after her brother passed away from suicide and she found that there were no support groups for individuals with mental health issues on her college campus.

SBCC holds lecture on issues surrounding mental health

MEGAN FITZMORRIS, Channels Staff
March 23, 2016
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