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- Youth Empowers Awareness!
- One Morning. 2,000 Conversations.
- Rock n’ Locks … a night of music, hair and hope!
- Behind Every Smile
- PSA for KnowResolve airing now on CW50 and CBS Detroit!
- Join us for our 3rd Annual Youth Empowers Awareness 5k Walk for Suicide Prevention at L’Anse Creuse High School North
- New Promo Video!
- Stigma
- Bullying and Suicide
- Celebrating our 5th Year… Thank You!!
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Youth Empowers Awareness!
Thanks to all who participated in our 3rd annual Youth Empowers Awareness Walk for Suicide Prevention at L’Anse Creuse High School North this past saturday. There were over 100 walkers, including the LCN Band and an appearance from Sonic! Almost $3,000 was raised to support KnowResolve’s suicide prevention programs and LCN’s student clubs. Thank you [...]
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One Morning. 2,000 Conversations.
Last Wednesday every student at L’Anse Creuse High School North (nearly 2,000 in all) learned about the facts, myths, and warning signs of suicide – and they learned about them through their peers.
This effort was the result of collaboration between between myself, school social worker Kim Criner, student leadership adviser Rosa Hough, the student leadership [...]
Rock n’ Locks … a night of music, hair and hope!
Join us on Saturday, May 12th at the Emerald Theater in Mt. Clemens for an awesome night of rock n’ roll and wild styles… all ages are welcome! Featuring 5 great local bands and 40 models done up by Michigan’s Finest Stylists. All proceeds benefit KnowResolve’s suicide prevention programs for local schools! Presented by Metro37 [...]
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Behind Every Smile
To help promote our upcoming Youth Empowers Awareness event, and to begin a school-wide conversation about suicide prevention, the Leadership students at L’Anse Creuse High School North created this powerful and moving video. The concept, filming, and editing were all done by the students. Thanks to all the students who made this possible and to [...]
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PSA for KnowResolve airing now on CW50 and CBS Detroit!
Last month I sent our email newsletter out letting our supporters know about the video that I’d created. Shortly afterwards, I got a note from our friend Kris at CW50. She said that she loved the video and asked if I would be willing to create a 30 second version for them to air, and [...]
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Join us for our 3rd Annual Youth Empowers Awareness 5k Walk for Suicide Prevention at L’Anse Creuse High School North
Please join us in our fight to reduce youth suicides at L’Anse Creuse High School North on Saturday, May 5th for our 3rd annual 5k walk for suicide prevention and awareness! Funds raised through this event will help support our suicide prevention programs for schools and L’Anse Creuse High School North student clubs. Click HERE [...]
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New Promo Video!
My friend Stephenie asked me to create a video to help her promote KnowResolve to the National Honor Society at her school. I put this together one afternoon last week and I’m quite proud of it… I hope you dig it too! Peace, – Dennis
Stigma
by Stephanie Prechter (full essay posted at detourproject.org)
I personally didn’t put a lot of thought into stigma until this past experience with depression. For the most part, I always felt as if it was a word for those who didn’t deal with serious mental illness. Naturally people who can’t understand the depths of emotional despair [...]
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Bullying and Suicide
The Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) has released an issue brief examining the relationship between bullying and suicide. Here is short summary along with a link to the full brief.
Both victims AND perpetrators of bullying are at a higher risk for suicide than their peers.
Bullying, especially chronic bullying, has long-term effects on suicide risk and [...]
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Celebrating our 5th Year… Thank You!!
Our mission from day one has been simple and clear: To Break the Silence surrounding suicide… to educate, to reduce stigma, to connect people (specifically teens and young adults) to available resources and new perspectives.
Why is this important? Because suicide is currently the 3rd leading cause of death among youth ages 15 to 24. Because [...]
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