Outrace The Stigma 5k

🏃‍♀️ Event Details

• Check-in: Check-in for the race begins at 10 AM, and the race will begin promptly at 11 AM.
• Date: The race will take place on April 12, 2025.
• Location: Lake Raleigh Green Space, Raleigh, NC.
• Registration: For more information and to register, visit here.

❤️ Purpose of the Race

• Awareness: This will be the Alpha Lambda chapter's eighth annual mental health awareness run for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).
• About NAMI: NAMI is a non-profit organization that raises awareness and provides essential education, advocacy, and support groups at no cost for people living with mental illness and their loved ones.
• Community Focus: NAMI addresses the mental health needs of our community, replaces stigma with understanding, and helps thousands of families and individuals each year.
• Initiative: Outrace the Stigma began in 2017 to raise awareness for mental health and the resources available at North Carolina State University and the greater Triangle area.

🌟 Mental Health Statistics

• Prevalence: Approximately 1 in 5 adults in the United States, or 43.8 million adults, experience mental illness in a given year.
• Service Organization: Omega Phi Alpha is a national service sorority with 30 chapters across the United States.
• Motto: Omega Phi Alpha's motto is "Today's friends, tomorrow's leaders, forever in service."
• Focus: Our permanent project has been mental health since 1971, and this project is extremely important to our chapter, focusing on bringing awareness around the issue of mental health in the greater Raleigh area.