On April 27 Reach Out and Reconnect (ROAR) student committee unveiled their poster campaign to raise awareness about mental health issues with the message: “You’re not alone.”

The ROAR committee was created by a group of students from Tabler Quad after their friend’s tragic passing. Since Spring 2015, the committee — formed by Antonio Xu Liu ’17, Steven Morel ’16, Cayla Leung ’16, Erynn McLeod ’17 and Derrick Wegner ’18 — has been working diligently to bring the campus community a long-lasting project to help break the stigma behind mental health.

ROAR committee wants to break the stigma of mental health issues.

With advice and collaboration from Julian Pessier, Interim Director of Counseling and Psychological Services and University Communications, and support from the Undergraduate Student Government (USG), the ROAR committee created a series of eight posters featuring different student leaders in situations that many students may experience during their time in college without realizing that there is help available.

The messages in the posters are poignant and real, bringing attention to important issues such as depression, anxiety, financial struggle and domestic violence.

Learn more about Counseling and Psychological Services:http://studentaffairs.stonybrook.edu/caps/index.html