As seen in last week’s newsletter, Anna Bartuska’s article gave an exciting overview of the GMH@Harvard intiative and what has been achieved over the last year. One of these accomplishments has been the development of the GMH@Harvard Ambassador Board . This group is comprised of early career professionals and students representing a number of different schools, hospitals and organizations within our network. The Board works closely with the Initiative’s Program Coordinator (Juliana Restivo) and is comprised of two Executive Working Groups for event planning and communications as well as a group of student and community representatives.

These individuals are passionate about mental health and are assisting the Initiative on a number of outreach and communications activities to elevate the profile of mental health as a fundamental public good and a universal human right here at our University, in our local Boston city, and all over the world. Many of them work in the field but are just as committed to elevating awareness about mental health issues, increasing access to care, and listening to stories of those with lived experience outside of their jobs as well. As we start off the new year, here is an introduction to a few of the GMH@Harvard Ambassador Board members and some of their recommendations for reading and listening materials broadly centered around mental health.