Good morning dear students. I'm so happy to see you all. I hope my speech also will be fruitful and insightful and helpful at the same time.So, so let us start. So today I'm going to talk about the they changed everything. Uh in the beginning I want to draw your attention to that family photo.So here you see you can see my family, my dad, my mom and as you can guess in the middle that's me and uh please look at my mom. So what you see beautiful smart gorgeous lady but it's pity that uh it is hard to claim t ...

Imagine a person in a mental health crisis. Their ability to function is compromised. Their resources are scarce.And their hope is all but gone. We all know people like this. People like Rita, validictorian of her high school class, loved to cook and play cards.She was a draft board clerk during the Vietnam War. Now imagine mental health services that are unkind, poorly designed, punitive, fear-driven, and just bad for people. Services that make people hesitant to talk about what they're going through becau ...

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[music] [applause] [music] What do you not want people to know about you. This was a question that was posed to me at a men's group a few months ago. Preparing for this talk, I attended as many groups as I could, often leading a few along the way to learn about what other men might be struggling with.This question is what taught me the most. So, how would you answer this question. Your answer might change depending on who you're answering it to, but how would you answer this question in front of a group of ...

The story of volunteers on crisis lines starts in the 1960s with some of the first programs of its kind here in the Bay Area. In San Francisco, we had a gay British priest who started a crisis line in the back of a tattoo parlor. A few years later, there was a reverend who wanted to bring the same kind of community support to the people of the East Bay, and he started the crisis line in a barber shop.There are stories about him picking up the phone while cutting people's hair. This was not an institutional ...

[applause] It was another long, agonizing day of administrative duty. Internal affairs had pulled me from the streets nine weeks prior because I was involved in another use of force. By this time in my career, I was tired of the process, the people, and the politics.And quite frankly, I didn't want to be here anymore. I remember leaving the agency or the department going home to an empty house. My only son at the time was 7 years old and he was away with family for the holidays.It was around Thanksgiving an ...

Core Viewpoint - Champion Safe Company has partnered with the Utah Department of Veteran and Military Affairs (UDVMA) to enhance suicide prevention efforts in military-connected communities in Utah through the donation of gun vaults and training programs [2][3][4]. Group 1: Partnership and Donation - Champion Safe Company donated 100 gun vaults to UDVMA as part of a long-term collaboration aimed at reducing veteran suicides in Utah [3][4]. - The partnership is built on shared values of service, integrity, and community support, with the goal of making a measurable difference for veterans and active-duty service members [2][3]. Group 2: Importance of Secure Storage - Secure firearm storage is crucial in preventing suicides and reducing accidental harm, as it helps families create safer home environments [3]. - The initiative supports evidence-based strategies that are proven to save lives [3]. Group 3: Training and Resources - Champion Safe Company and UDVMA encourage veterans and their families to participate in free suicide-prevention training available at LiveOnUtah.org, which provides practical tools for recognizing warning signs and engaging in difficult conversations [5]. - The collaboration emphasizes the importance of training, education, and safe-storage initiatives to support Utah's military community [6]. Group 4: Company Background - Champion Safe Company has over 25 years of experience in safe manufacturing, focusing on high-quality, American-made products designed for security and fire protection [7]. - The company is a subsidiary of American Rebel Holdings, Inc., which has diversified its offerings to include branded safes, apparel, and beverages [7].

More first responders die by suicide than are killed in the line of duty every year. Not from fire or gunshots or buildings falling down. Out of the myriad ways that we could die on the job, suicide outranks them all combined. Now, I was a first responder for over two decades. But before that, I was an actor and I was best known for a role that I played in a daytime soap opera. And the name of the character was Dylan Lewis. And the fans of that show were dieh hard, watch it every day, tape it if they couldn ...

TikTok is under investigation in France for failing to vet material that promotes suicide on the Chinese video-sharing platform. https://t.co/1PFYmRurJk ...