MAAC SAAC Initiates #A11MAACMinds Mental Health Awareness Campaign
EDISON, NJ – To kick off the month of May, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (MAAC SAAC) initiated a social media campaign to raise awareness and help break the stigma associated with mental health.
The campaign, #A11MAACMinds, represents the 11 institutions in the conference banding together to make mental health awareness a priority on each campus. Each institutional SAAC encouraged its respective student-athletes, coaches, and administrators to post on social media about the importance of mental health using the hashtag, #A11MAACMinds, along with the color lime green.
Lime green is the official color of mental health, and May is the official month for mental health awareness.
“Student-athletes across the nation are making mental health their top priority, and it was time that the MAAC student-athletes help continue that conversation," said MAAC SAAC Chair and NCAA DI SAAC Representative, Madison Arndt. "#A11MAACMinds is something that I am blessed to have been a part of creating, and have seen firsthand the success in the social media campaign in just a couple of weeks! I think this campaign going into future years will help campuses in the MAAC seriously take a look at mental health best practices, and consider making student-athlete mental health a top priority.”
The initiative was established by MAAC SAAC, and further research and planning was conducted by a sub-committee consisting of Arndt and Kat Prevo of Manhattan College, Courtney Miller of Iona College, Erin Clark of Niagara University, and Douglas Nover of Saint Peter’s University.
Additional coverage on the campaign can be found in the following link:
MAAC SAAC Social Media Campaign - #A11MAACMinds
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 37th year of competition during the 2017-18 academic year. Current Conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter's University, and Siena College.