In 2009, To Write Love on Her Arms launched TWLOHA UChapters, a new program for college and university campuses.
The vision for the UChapter program is to help students create communities on college and university campuses that embody the mission of To Write Love on Love on Her Arms. Our goal is to see these UChapters serve as a voice of hope, inspiration, and support to local communities. In the fall of 2009, we were excited to launch 15 TWLOHA UChapters.
We believe TWLOHA UChapters are part of the future in causing real and tangible change in community settings at a local and global level. Rarely has a movement occurred in the U.S. without college students being at the forefront, protesting change and interacting with culture in a new way.
If mental health stigmas, which function as a form of contemporary slavery, are going to be overthrown and replaced by a new regime of honesty and openness on university campuses (and beyond), there must be a voice from within the university body. The voice must be provocative and creative, growing from within the lives of students who care. Universities are filled with stories of brokenness and hope that must be reconciled. Our hope is to begin the conversation.
If you are a college student, or are about to be one and you want to start UChapter on your campus you can begin the application process here.
Below is the list of active UChapters since Fall 2009:
Columbia College Chicago—Chicago, Illinois
University of South Alabama—Mobile, Alabama
Bloomsburg University—Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
University of Northern Iowa—Cedar Falls, Iowa
Ithaca College—Ithaca, New York
South East Missouri State University—Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Texas Tech University—Lubbock, Texas
Oklahoma State University—Stillwater, Oklahoma
University of Texas at Austin—Austin, Texas
Manchester College—North Manchester, Indiana
University of Massachusetts Lowell—Lowell, Massachusetts
University of Florida—Gainesville, Florida
Miami University—Oxford, Ohio
Virginia Commonwealth University—Richmond, Virginia
University of Virginia—Charlottesville, Virginia
The vision for the UChapter program is to help students create communities on college and university campuses that embody the mission of To Write Love on Love on Her Arms. Our goal is to see these UChapters serve as a voice of hope, inspiration, and support to local communities. In the fall of 2009, we were excited to launch 15 TWLOHA UChapters.
We believe TWLOHA UChapters are part of the future in causing real and tangible change in community settings at a local and global level. Rarely has a movement occurred in the U.S. without college students being at the forefront, protesting change and interacting with culture in a new way.
If mental health stigmas, which function as a form of contemporary slavery, are going to be overthrown and replaced by a new regime of honesty and openness on university campuses (and beyond), there must be a voice from within the university body. The voice must be provocative and creative, growing from within the lives of students who care. Universities are filled with stories of brokenness and hope that must be reconciled. Our hope is to begin the conversation.
If you are a college student, or are about to be one and you want to start UChapter on your campus you can begin the application process here.
Below is the list of active UChapters since Fall 2009:
Columbia College Chicago—Chicago, Illinois
University of South Alabama—Mobile, Alabama
Bloomsburg University—Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
University of Northern Iowa—Cedar Falls, Iowa
Ithaca College—Ithaca, New York
South East Missouri State University—Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Texas Tech University—Lubbock, Texas
Oklahoma State University—Stillwater, Oklahoma
University of Texas at Austin—Austin, Texas
Manchester College—North Manchester, Indiana
University of Massachusetts Lowell—Lowell, Massachusetts
University of Florida—Gainesville, Florida
Miami University—Oxford, Ohio
Virginia Commonwealth University—Richmond, Virginia
University of Virginia—Charlottesville, Virginia
