The Jed Foundation

Press Kit

Press Contact:

Shawn Purdy or Lindsey Brown
Slate PR
PH: (646) 360-1321
shawn@slate-pr.com
lindsey@slate-pr.com

Press Releases

• The Jed Foundation Launches Interactive, Online Resource Center to Help Families Make a Healthy Transition Into College Life
  April 21, 2010
  

  The Jed Foundation launches the Transition Year Project to help parents and students tackle emotional health issues.

• The Jed Foundation and mtvU Premiere New Student Veteran PSAs
  April 19, 2010
  

  The Jed Foundation and mtvU launch two new PSAs: Voices of Vets features student veterans from around the country openly sharing their thoughts, and Beyond the Welcome Home takes viewers inside a 3-day summit as Millennial vets work to tackle the biggest challenges facing returning young veterans.

• The Jed Foundation and mtvU Unveil New Content on Helping Friends
  October 13, 2009
  

  New "Half of Us" PSAs and programming focuses on the role of friends dealing with mental health issues.

• New mtvU & Associated Press Poll Shows How Stress, The Economy & Other Factors Are Affecting College Students' Mental Health
  July 2, 2009
  

  Over 60% of college seniors are worried they won't land a job after graduation.

• The Jed Foundation Hosts Eighth Annual Gala
  June 9, 2009
  

  Event to Honor Pete Wentz & Sheila Nevins for shattering the silence around mental health and suicide.

News Archive

• Study Reveals Important of Finding Ways to Help Prevent College Suicides
  Campus Mental Health Alert
  August 18, 2010
  

  Groundbreaking study of counseled students ties academic success to mental health.

• More college students are afflicted with severe mental illness
  Los Angeles Times
  August 12, 2010
  

  The number of students with a serious mental illness is rising on college campuses.

• Hillels Play Key Role for Students' Emotional Health
  August 10, 2010
  

  Hillel, The UJA-Federation and The Jed Foundation join forces to provide mental health training for campus professionals.

• Glenn Close honored by 9th Annual Jed Foundation Gala: Glee's Harry Shum Performed
  Examiner.com
  June 14, 2010
  

  Close and her family is honored along with several others for their work in the mental health community.

• Can Alexander McQueen's Suicide Help Prevent Others From Ending Their Lives?
  tonic.com
  February 22, 2010
  

  The Jed Foundation and actress Heather Matarazzo look to the tragedy of the designer's death as a teachable moment — to shed light on suicide's warning signs, and ways to intervene.