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When Aldayeh’s group returned to Qatar in March and October 2018 to present their work, student activists who listened to their first speech said they were inspired by EEP to begin creating Qatar’s very first suicide prevention hotline.
“They told us that even just, like, having people come and talk about mental health so casually, like without it being like a big deal,” Aldayeh said, “definitely helped them with what they were doing.” One of EEP’s co-founders, Gabriella Jarvie, a 16-year-old student at Alexander Hamilton High School in Los Angeles, Calif., said the positive feedback they’ve received from other student activists has inspired them to begin working on an ambassador program and to expand upon EEP’s current eight branches.., “because it’s a thing that people don’t really talk about that much.” Raising awareness about eating disorders and mental health issues can help smash that stigma. “Awareness is so important,” therapist Michelle Bracken, who has 25 years of experience working with adolescents and their families in Los Angeles, told“because it allows people to identify the symptoms in themselves, be able to realize what and put a name to that and then hopefully be able to ask for help.” Despite the thousands of impressions she has made, Aldayeh, a freshman at Oxford College at Emory University hoping to major in Media Studies, said she still values the unquantifiable smaller personal interactions. “When you hear from somebody else that you’ve helped them,” she said, “it’s truly life-changing.” The Future is Ms. is committed to amplifying the voices of young women everywhere. Share one of your own stories about your path to empowerment at
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