Items Highlighted in the Issue:
- 2018 Suicide Prevention Awareness Month: A Great Success!
- Training Opportunities Across Tennessee
- Veterans Suicide Prevention Task Force
- License Plate: An Update
- Get to Know Your Leaders Across the State:
- Advisory Council: Brenda Harper
- Emeritus Member: Stephanie Barger, M.B.A., M.Div.
- TSPN Staff: Scott Ridgway, M.S.
- Donation Recognition
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2018 Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
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Suicide Prevention Awareness Month 2018 was a great success!
This year TSPN had more events than ever, spanning our state of Tennessee, including the Statewide Event that took place September 12th. Make sure to follow us on
Facebook
and other
Social Media
to see all the pictures!
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Commissioner Marie Williams, Department of Mental Health of Substance Abuse
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Training Opportunities Across Tennessee
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Interested in learning more about suicide prevention,intervention, or postvention? TSPN is always offering trainings across the state, for FREE! Whether it is a general suicide prevention training or more in depth trainings, such as Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training, there are always opportunities to learn to better prevent suicide in our state. To keep in the loop about trainings,
visit our calendar of events
, reach out to your
Regional Director
to be added to our email list, and follow us on
Social Media
! You can also
request a training
from our website:
tspn.org
!
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Veterans Suicide Prevention Task Force
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The Veterans Suicide Prevention Task Force had its first meeting September 6th. The focus on the Task Force is to understand
Veteran Suicide in Tennessee, raising awareness of Veteran Suicide, and how we can intervene and reduce the stigma around Veteran Suicide. Commissioner Grinder noted,as Veterans, “we are not broken, we may be a little bent, but we are not broken." To find out more on the Task Force, including the Mission for the group, review the
TSPN Press Release
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We have already reserved over 325, lets keep it going!! Follow us on
Facebook (@TSPNorg)
to join the
#tspnlicenseplatechallenge
to help us get to 1,000 and be the first in the Nation to have a suicide prevention plate!
The Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network (TSPN), in coordination with the Jason Foundation, AFSP, and other advocacy groups, is officially reserving orders for the official specialty license plate promoting suicide prevention authorized by state legislation. In order to get this license plate for any, TSPN must collect 1,000 order reservations; without these 1,000 there will not be a license plate for Tennessee,
so help us spread the word
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Get to Know Your Leaders Across the State!
TSPN would like to thank those that make suicide prevention possible in Tennessee. We are going to begin this with Advisory Council, Emeritus Member, and Staff highlights. Nothing we do at TSPN is possible without the dedication of these individuals and their continued time and commitment to TSPN and suicide prevention, and for that we must thank you! Email them and thank them for what they do!
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Brenda Harper
Brenda, a community volunteer for numerous groups, serves TSPN as the Mid-Cumberland Regional Chair as well as the Advisory Council Co-Chair. She retired from Volunteer Behavioral Health as the Center Director for Macon, Wilson, and Sumner. So many events happen with her guidance and passion, including Macon Memories, Trousdale Remembers, and event in Sumner County, and many events at Cumberland University including the Wilson County Suicide Prevention Event. She is a QPR trainer and always willing to go the extra mile to present suicide prevention trainings and materials across Middle TN. Brenda, we thank you so much for your heart and all of the time you invest towards preventing suicide in Tennessee!
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Stephanie Barger, MBA, MDiv
Stephanie is one of our newest Emeritus Members for TSPN. She has Masters in Divinity as well an MBA from Vanderbilt. Stephanie has been employed with several agencies including Family and Children Services, Monroe Harding, and the Crisis Center. She was one of the first field placement students for TSPN when the Network first started and continues to be very involved with TSPN throughout the years. Stephanie just facilitated and has joined Veterans Suicide Prevention Task Force.
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Scott Ridgway, MS
Scott is our Executive Director at TSPN. He is the heart of our Network, serving as the sole leader of TSPN since its establishment in 2001. Scott is a Master Trainer in ASIST, QPR, and Postvention to name a few. Without Scott we all know TSPN would not exist nor be able to reach, impact, and save as many lives. Scott, the Advisory Council, the Network, your Staff, and all of Tennessee thanks you for your leadership and your heart!
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Thank you to all those who have donated to TSPN!
We can not do it without you!
Jason van Wulven~Kristi van Wulven ~Timothy Doyle~Maria Smith~Catherine Lemmonds~Michael Corbin~Tina Brannon ~Joan Kuykendall ~Joanne Perley ~Jessica Bolen~Angel Garland~Bri Bee Ann~Raymond Briscoe~Paul Orosz~Nancy Johnson~Jill Johnson~William Lawence Fund~Tonya Burgess~Gabriel Johns Memorial~Candi Presley~Beth Lemons~Lonnie Ward~Hollie McIntosh~Misty North~Regina Dies~Alicia Green~Kelly Anderson~Carolyn Krantz~Debbie Mason~Toni Reid~
Gina Lowe Lennon~A
ngela Range~Whitney Sheree Lennon~Jessie Bentley~Patrick Ketchum~
Jeff Gerald~Ann Larson~Darleen Money~Gina Lowe Lennon~Jennifer Burchfield~
Kristen Demastus~
Jessica Siu-Ying ~Chan
Jessica Bolin~Tim Lewis~AmberLe Davis~John Matherly~Bethany Huckabee Bridges~Lori Mason~Brenda Michele Wood~
Ben Dickey~
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority incorporated Memphis Alumnae Chapter~
Barbara Brinkley~Diane Rohrer~Pepsi~Wheelers~Food City~Northeast State Community College
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