mental health

Art by Alexa Cruz Abaca Can we be bitter without setting our futures aflame? I shampoo my hair in the garden. Someone tells me to send a letter to everyone I had ever talked bad about. They return marked with black ink. I trace the outline of my veins with scissors. Who would I be if I was not me? A mirage? A reflection? A ghost? This is for my future children.

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Saturday, October 7th marked the second annual Mental Health Awareness Benefit punk show put on by Radical Alternative Development (R.A.D.) Eugene. From noon til late, skaters, punks, bands, community orgs and hundreds of people of all ages hung out at the Washington Jefferson skate park to celebrate, build community, and share resources. The Student Insurgent spent the day distributing our past issues, meeting rad people, having great conversations, and enjoying the music.

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*This is the first of the web exclusive articles written for exclusive publication on The Student Insurgent’s website Introduction Elitist publications are scaremongering1 to the bosses of the world about “Quiet Quitting”, a new term that asserts working for your scheduled hours - and nothing more - is a problem. This article will provide a brief introduction to this concept, then explain why it’s dumb as fuck. The Facts About Quiet Quitting The first known mention of “quiet quitting” was on Twitter2 as a suggestion for a doctoral studies paper on the greatest leadership challenge we face today

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The Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets program, also known as CAHOOTS, has been running for over thirty years. In the late 1980s, staff and volunteers from White Bird Clinic, CAHOOTS’ parent organization, came together to form the CAHOOTS model. This was one of the first programs of its kind, but recently similar models have taken up in other cities as people across the country recognize the urgent need for trauma-informed mental health emergency response.