SB139-5: A COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING CAMPUS MENTAL HEALTH
We, the Senate of the Undergraduate Student Government of the University of Southern California, wish to express our commitment to confronting the mental health issues facing the student body at USC. As the representative organization of our 20,000 undergraduate students, their needs, concerns, and anxieties, we hereby set the improvement and expansion of mental health resources and care as a top priority for our collective agenda.
Students from all backgrounds and experiences deserve accessible mental health resources that accommodate their needs. We vow this commitment will be met with concrete actions, and that by sponsoring this statement, the aforementioned senators are committing to working on and prioritizing initiatives that address this need on our campus and in our community.
We vow to continue conversations as a group and as an organization, and collaborate with campus partners to create the change the Trojan Family needs. The Senate will provide an update on the mental health initiatives we are pursuing by October 15th. As advocates for the student body, we welcome suggestions, feedback, and student involvement in accomplishing the task of improving mental health at USC.
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Author(s):
SPKR. Emily Donahue
SEN. Benjamin Shiff
Date:
September 10th, 2019
Bill No.:
SB139-5
Sponsor(s):
SEN. Randi Anderson
SEN. Angela Chuang
SEN. Omar Garcia
SEN. Haley Garland
SEN. Emily Johnson
SEN. Sara Khoshniyati
SEN. Christopher McMorran
SEN. Rose Ritch
SEN. Hailey Robertson
SEN. Ben Rosenthal