South Carolina students bring back the viral 'Ice Bucket Challenge'; the mission, mental health

Here's What the ALS Community Actually Thinks About the Return of the Ice Bucket Challenge

The viral Ice Bucket Challenge originated in 2014 benefiting the ALS Foundation. Now, it's been rebranded to support mental health. Here's how the ALS community is responding.

The Ice Bucket Challenge is back and, no, it's not 2014

It was a trend originally created to raise awareness for Lou Gehrig's disease and now, over a decade later, it’s making an ice-cold comeback.

South Carolina students bring back the viral 'Ice Bucket Challenge'; the mission, mental health

USC M.I.N.D 'Mental Health Needs Discussion Club' raising more than $200,000 to support mental health initiatives

USC ice bucket challenge is more performative than impactful - The Baylor Lariat

By Claire-Marie Scott | LTVN Reporter By now you have probably seen the newest viral trend, The USC Speak Your Mind Ice Bucket Challenge. This cause, created with good intent, has turned into a trend instead of a way to spread awareness. In the summer of 2014, three men living with ALS started the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Through the simple action of dumping a bucket of water on your head and posting it on social media, they raised $115 million…

#SpeakYourMind: The Revival of the 2014 Ice Bucket Challenge

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Cincinnati chapter. Many of us can remember the feeling of ice-cold water being dumped down our backs and the soggy clothes afterwards. Originally launched in 2014 as an awareness campaign for ALS, a progressive neurodegenerative disease, the trend has now made a comeback.This time around, the University of South Carolina is promoting mental health resources through the Speak You…

The USC Ice Bucket Challenge is Becoming Performative

Photo Courtesy / YouTube Tech Muster Many have experienced déjà vu in the last week as the ice bucket challenge, which originally went viral in 2014 as a way to raise money for ALS research, has made a massive return.  The ice bucket challenge was reintroduced in the form of the USC Speak Your Mind Challenge by students at the University of South Carolina to spread awareness for mental health struggles and to spur donations for the nonprofit Act…