Rethinking mental health awareness | Haley Degrave | TEDxFargo

Mental health awareness has changed the conversation, but what if it’s time for the movement to evolve? Through an unexpected friendship and years of work in suicide prevention, Haley DeGreve explores what we may be getting wrong about mental health awareness and why the future of the movement depends less on what we know and more on how we show up for one another. Haley DeGreve is a Communications Manager at John Deere and the founder of The Gray Matters Collective, a national nonprofit she launched in 2018 while still a student at Augustana College. What began as a campus initiative has grown into a movement recognized by the University of Michigan Depression Center, offering hope and healing to thousands. A 2020 graduate with degrees in Marketing and Communication Studies, Haley has become a leading voice in youth mental health and suicide prevention. She has spoken at schools, workplaces, and community events, reaching over 50,000 people worldwide with her message of resilience. Her podcast, Surviving the Suck, ranks in the top 10% globally for mental health. At John Deere, she helped establish the ABLEd Brain Health Subcommittee to advance suicide prevention and mental health awareness across the company. Trained in Mental Health First Aid, ASIST, and a Make It OK ambassador, Haley continues her mission with relentless compassion—most notably delivering a TEDx talk on the power of community in suicide prevention. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx