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MISSION

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 Our Minds United is a state-wide youth organization which began with an advocacy for compulsory and comprehensive K-12 Mind-Body Education: mental health education as on par with, and integrated into existing Physical Education courses. We have recently expanded our mission to be in service to supporting the success of mental health legislation across the state. 

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OUR PROPOSAL

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At Our Minds United, we are committed to addressing the Mental Health Crisis through a policy perspective. The Mental Health Crisis, exacerbated by the pandemic, necessitates a paradigm shift in public education. We are advocating for a Tier One (all students inclusive) approach with an emphasis on prevention through compulsory and comprehensive curriculum. This differs from existing support/educational systems which primarily focus on intervention through exterior, voluntary measures in acute situations. Mental Health Education will serve as the equivalent to Physical Education: accessible and mandatory for all students with a focus on both principle and practice in developing and maintaining a healthy mental state. It is imperative that Mental Health Literacy be cultivated within students from a young age, as it will equip them with the knowledge and skills to successfully navigate their future endeavors in an increasingly tumultuous political and social climate.   

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School Board Proposal

   Offices  

These are the offices we have proposed to for the inclusion of the Mental Health Education bill into 2024 bill package

Senator Padilla

Senator Portantino

Senator Newman

Senator Smallwood Cuevas

Senator Skinner

Senator Mcguire

Senator Angelique Ashby

Senator Glazer

Senator Tom Umberg

Senator Ben Allen

Senator Catherine Blakespear

Senator Menjivar

Senator Maria Elena Durazo

Senator Monique Limon

Senator Lena Gonzalez

Senator Susan Rubio

Asm. Al Muratsuchi

Asm. Sharon Quirk Silva

Asm. Calderon

Asm. David Alvarez

Asm. Miguel Santiago

Asm. Haney

Asm. Bianca Rubio

Asm. Berman, Marc

Asm. Evan Low

Asm. Reyes, Eloise Gómez

Asm. Damon Connolly

Asm. Tina McKinnor

Asm. Carillo Wendy

Asm. Timothy Grayson

Ed Committee Chief Consultant Debbie Look

Asm. Speaker Robert Rivas

“We no longer have time to wait, to waste. It is time for core curriculum change."

Emi Sakamoto, CA

RESOLUTION #37

BILL PROPOSAL

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LOCAL RESOLUTION

Resolution #37 (linked above) sets the framework for CCUSD to pilot this curriculum at a local level.  

02

STATE LEGISLATION

Introducing a Senate or Assembly Bill to expand SB 224 (which mandates Mental Health Education once in elementary, middle and high school in schools with pre-exisiting health courses) to K-12 inclusive. 

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NATION WIDE CURRICULUM CHANGE

Schools in California will serve as a paradigm for what education can and should be across the nation. 

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