Awareness Events – The H.U.M.AN.S. Initiative

Teenagers Influenced

Events since inception

July 2024

Aanya Gupta becomes a Certified Mental Health First Aid Responder

May 2024

Aanya Gupta’s research paper on music and mental health selected for the 2024 ISEF Regeneron Finals (International Science and Engineering Fair).

April 2024

Aanya Gupta hosts a fireside conversation with Dr. Concetta Tomaino on the incredible power of music therapy.

April 2024

Aanya Gupta wins the Horn Social Entrepreneurship Achievement Award for MoodUp- the first continuous adaptive mental health app for teen mood regulation

April 2024

Aanya Gupta wins First Place Award at the New York City STEM Finals

March 2024

Mental Health Awareness Campaign launched at Neighborhood Community Centre

March 2024

Dartmouth College partners with The H.U.M.AN.S. Initiative to launch the teenage mental health symbol across their campus.

March 2024

Lets celebrate teen mental health, as I facilitate the Day of Awareness organized by the New York City Human Rights Commission

January 2024

Teen Mental Health at Brooklyn Schools – Join me along with teens from various Brooklyn schools as we discuss and celebrate teen mental health.

December 2023

Design of a Mental Health Education program. Teaching Health Education at Sd N1 School in Suwat, Indonesia.

December 2023

Join me at the United Nations Headquarters to discuss why teenage mental health should be a basic right for all teenagers.

August 2023

The HUMANS Initiative presents at the 2023 Johns Hopkins Global Health Leaders Conference – Delighted to be invited to speak to over 500 adolescents from across the world on The HUMANS Initiative and the importance of teenage mental health.

July 2023

2023-24 Varsity Volleyball Season : Sports and Mental Health: Discussed with my Varsity volleyball team teammates and friends, how participation in team sports has immense mental health benefits. It activates endorphins, decreases cortisol levels and builds social connectivity. Hoffman et al (2022) studied 11,000 US adolescents and showed that those who participated in team sports had likelihood of increased resilience to mental health issues.

June 2023

Mental Health America 2023 Annual Conference – what a privilege to learn from this national gathering of experts at the Mental Health America Annual Conference in Washington D.C. and discuss novel approaches to tackling the teenage mental health crisis. I am so proud that my effort – The H.U.M.AN.S. Initiative (www.humansinitiative.org) has been granted Community Partner Status by the Mental Health Association in New York State (MHANYS).

2022

Today on Teen Mental Health Day, I would like to announce my initiative to support teen mental health – The H.U.M.AN.S. Initiative – Healing mental health Using Music and Song www.humansinitiative.org . We all need to do better to prevent the spread of this epidemic – music and song can help. Please join me in this crusade.

Get Involved

Get informed Read about the basic issues surrounding teenage mental health – the causes, the symptoms, the implications and the way forward.

Promote music for mental health Advocate for middle schoolers to participate in music, not just to win, but to acta as a release when they need it in times of stress.

Act as a support for those in need Be prepared with what you can do to help your peers if you are faced with a situation with a friend, or if you reslise a peer is facing challenges

Create a local HUMANS initiative at your school Form a HUMANS Initiative at your school to promote teenage mental health.

Share your experiences between HUMANS Initiative Societies Share your experiences with all the HUMANS Initiative chapters.