Daily Archives: February 3, 2012

Spring 2012 Dates Announced!

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Active Minds Send Silence Packing is back on the East Coast for this spring’s 2012 tour. The tour is kicking off on March 29th at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, PA.

Send Silence Packing will continue to travel along the Northeast until May 9. Our acclaimed suicide awareness program will be making stops at 13 campuses, including two State University of New York campuses, and for the first time ever a display in Fairfax County, Virginia hosted specifically to reach high school students.

Spring 2012 Tour Schedule

  • March 29: Campion Student Center – St. Joseph’s University (Philadelphia, PA)
  • April 3: Hartman Green – Franklin & Marshall College (Lancaster, PA)
  • April 5: Flatiron Plaza, Manhattan on Broadway between 22nd and 23rd streets (New York, NY)
  • April 9: Bixler/Botwinik Quad – University of New Haven (West Haven, CT)
  • April 12: Homer Babbidge Library – University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT)
  • April 16: Olin Library – Wesleyan University (Middletown, CT)
  • April 18: Penfield Library – SUNY Oswego (Oswego, NY)
  • April 20: Syracuse University Quad – Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY)
  • April 23: The Quad – Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, MA)
  • April 25: Smith College (Northampton, MA)
  • April 30: Bard College (Annandale-on-Hudson, NY)
  • May 3: Student Center – Hofstra University (Hempstead, NY)
  • May 7: LOVE Park/JFK Plaza, Center City at intersection of 16th St. and JFK Blvd. (Philadelphia, PA)

If you are local to any of the campuses on this spring’s tour, we encourage you to visit one of the Send Silence Packing displays.

Active Minds Send Silence Packing is a display of 1,100 backpacks representing the 1,100 college student lives lost to suicide each year.  Active Minds Inc. has collected and continues to collect backpacks and personal stories in memory or in honor of loved ones impacted by suicide. By displaying backpacks with personal stories of loved ones that put a “face” to lives lost to suicide, Send Silence Packing carries the message that preventing suicide is not just about lowering statistics, but also about saving the lives of students, daughters, sons, brothers, sisters and friends across the nation. The display aims to spread awareness about college student suicide and initiate a dialogue on this heavily stigmatized topic.