GAGE is working on improving mental health care for graduate workers and the broader campus community. With GAGE’s input, CAPS has launched a new community referral database. But there’s more to do! Our contract provides a strong foundation for improving mental health resources for graduate workers at Georgetown. We invite GAGE members to join our new Mental Health Care Team.

New Mental Health Care Resource

CAPS has partnered with The Shrink Space to help students connect with off-campus mental health care providers. It includes providers within Georgetown’s local network as well as a nationwide network of providers who work with graduate students.

Georgetown is providing this new resource directly in response to our contract. Article 28 on Mental Health Care states that Georgetown must provide graduate workers with an up-to-date directory of external mental healthcare providers and mental health navigation services. This semester, GAGE and Georgetown representatives discussed this new resource and other mental health care issues in a meeting of the Labor Management Committee. The Shrink Space resource is in addition to referrals that graduate students can request from CAPS.

Join the Mental Health Care Team of the GAGE Organizers’ Council

We’re forming a new team to work on improving mental healthcare resources. The team will:

Survey GAGE members about their experience with mental health resources and collect feedback on resources on an ongoing basis
Collaborate with other campus groups working on mental health (e.g., GUSA, Black Survivors Coalition)
Track progress on the mental health care goals set in Article 28 of our contract
Join discussions on mental health care in Labor Management Committee meetings (once per semester, or more frequent only if needed)

Interested in joining the team? Get in touch with your Department Organizer or by email!