This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at UCSB chapter.
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“We may often suffer in silence but we do not suffer alone.” Active Minds exhibited 1, 100 backpacks on the SRB Lawn of the UC Santa Barbara campus to represent the number of college students that die by suicide each year. Along with backpacks were signs that had statistics and reassuring affirmations written on them. Active Minds is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to raising awareness about suicide and mental health issues among college students.Â