About JED
The Jed Foundation (JED)’s mission is to protect emotional health and prevent suicide for our nation’s teens and young adults, giving them the skills and support they need to thrive today…and tomorrow.
Suicide is a leading cause of death among young people, and one that is preventable.
JED's work is guided by an evidence-based framework, the Comprehensive Approach to Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention, originally adapted from the U.S. Air Force’s suicide prevention strategy and honed by two decades of experience.
Today, JED’s work centers on three areas of focus: Equipping Individuals, Strengthening Schools, and Mobilizing Communities.
JED empowers teens and young adults by building resiliency and life skills, promoting social connectedness, and encouraging help-seeking and help-giving behaviors through their nationally recognized programs, digital channels, and partnerships, as well as through the media. JED strengthens schools by working directly with high schools, colleges, and universities — representing millions of students — to put systems, programs, and policies in place to create a culture of caring that protects student mental health, builds life skills, and makes it more likely that struggling students will seek help and be recognized, connected to care, and supported. We mobilize communities by providing education, training, and tools to families, friends, media, and others.
JED Campus at ETSU
JED Campus is a signature program of The Jed Foundation (JED) designed to guide schools through a collaborative process of comprehensive systems, program and policy development with customized support to build upon existing student mental health, substance use and suicide prevention efforts. JED Campuses embark on a strategic partnership with JED that not only assesses and enhances the work that is already being done, but helps to create positive, systemic change in the campus community.
Student wellbeing is at the top of everything we do at ETSU. ETSU is in the process of working through an 18-month JED Campus Fundamentals Program committment. As part of the program, the university will review and implement recommendations from a custom JED strategic plan. The JED task force, including subcommittees, will help us achieve these goals.
JED Leaders at ETSU
Program Chairs
- Sarah Bedingfield, Co-Chair
- Robert Pack, Co-Chair
- Michelle Byrd, Co-Chair
Task Force Members
- Britney Deaver
- Jason Wilder
- Alicen Bloomer
- Amanda Moorhouse
- Keith Johnson
- Wally Dixon
- Garrick Keilan
- Mary Little
- Kevin Smith
- Mark Tipton
- Natasha Gouge
- Rusty Sells
- Halie Darby
- Sharon McGee
- David Stewart
- Katelyn Couper
- Vanessa Smith
- Samantha Lyon
- Mary Brannock
- Jonathan Roberts
- Jared Huff
- Alison Barton
- Jean Daniels