
MISSION

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.

OUR PROPOSAL

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.

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
01
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.
03
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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