American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and Hueman Group Media
27 episodes
1 week ago
A few years ago, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman learned that a growing number of young, Black people were dying by suicide. To learn more, she and the Congressional Black Caucus empowered a working group of experts to publish a landmark report titled “Ring the Alarm: The Crisis of Black Youth Suicide in America.” Today, we discuss its findings and recommendations for supporting young Black people’s mental health. You can read the report at https://watsoncoleman.house.gov/suicidetas...
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A few years ago, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman learned that a growing number of young, Black people were dying by suicide. To learn more, she and the Congressional Black Caucus empowered a working group of experts to publish a landmark report titled “Ring the Alarm: The Crisis of Black Youth Suicide in America.” Today, we discuss its findings and recommendations for supporting young Black people’s mental health. You can read the report at https://watsoncoleman.house.gov/suicidetas...
Strong Talk: Mental Health Court: A Conversation with Judge Ginger Lerner Wren
AFSP Podcast Channel
27 minutes
7 months ago
Strong Talk: Mental Health Court: A Conversation with Judge Ginger Lerner Wren
The podcast is now in session! Join the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s Vice President for Health Equity and Engagement Victor (Vic) Armstrong, MSW, as he speaks with Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren about her role as the pioneer of America’s first Mental Health Court in 1977, creating a human rights model dedicated to the decriminalization of persons living with mental illness. Throughout the discussion, Vic and Justice Wren – who serves as the presiding County Court Judge of the ...
AFSP Podcast Channel
A few years ago, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman learned that a growing number of young, Black people were dying by suicide. To learn more, she and the Congressional Black Caucus empowered a working group of experts to publish a landmark report titled “Ring the Alarm: The Crisis of Black Youth Suicide in America.” Today, we discuss its findings and recommendations for supporting young Black people’s mental health. You can read the report at https://watsoncoleman.house.gov/suicidetas...
