The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/suicide-prevention/)
The Sophie Fund, a local mental health advocacy group, presented 22 recommendations to Cornell on Jan. 17, continuing its efforts to implore the University to take more aggressive steps in addressing mental health issues on campus.
Community members viewed an award-winning documentary about suicide called The S Word on Sunday night to foster dialogue surrounding the stigma of suicide.
Cornell’s Alpha Phi Omega, along with Active Minds at Ithaca College and The Sophie Fund, sold $5 button pins emblazoned with a cupcake icon.
“As somebody who is very passionate about this because of our own tragedy, I can tell you how the heart was lifted by seeing this kind of thing,” said Scott MacLeod, father of Sophie MacLeod ’14.