Valerie Friberg, left, takes a photo of Nicholas Hunter-Shields with a cutout image of actress Glenn Close Friday at an Indiana University resource fair booth addressing the stigma and discrimination surrounding mental illness. Jeremy Hogan | Herald-Times
Who will you protect from the galaxy of stigma?
Answer the question on a white board, then pose with it and a cutout of actress Glenn Close as Nova Prime from “Guardians of the Galaxy.”
The photo opportunity was intended to raise awareness about mental health stigma through Bring Change 2 Mind, a campaign from Close, a mental health activist, to address stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness.
Some students wrote specific names, but others were more general, with the name of their residence hall or just IU, said Susan Barnett, who was working at the booth.
It was just one of the stops at Sex, Drugs and Rock ’n’ Roll — an annual Indiana University Welcome Week resource fair about topics such as drinking, drugs, sexual violence and mental health as well as eating healthfully and how to address new experiences.
Students were having fun, but are also learning information that can sometimes be difficult to find otherwise, said one of the organizers, Chris Meno, a psychologist at IU’s Counseling and Psychological Services.
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