Link – January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month

ByMikeM January 11, 2018January 10, 2018 Reading Time: 1 minute

Go get some facts about human trafficking, because it’s probably a much larger issue than you think it is.

During the month of January, advocates, organizations, and individuals unite to raise awareness about the issue of human trafficking. While movements like #MeToo have started to bring crimes like sexual harassment and sexual assault out of the shadows, human trafficking largely remains hidden. Putting an end to human trafficking starts with acknowledging its existence.

https://www.nsvrc.org/blogs/january-human-trafficking-awareness-month

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Sharing – How loneliness is killing men
ByMikeM November 22, 2022November 22, 2022 Reading Time: 1 minute

I have two takeaways after reading the rest of the article.

1. Difficult things seem easier when there is someone with us. The lack of friendships can make life seem more difficult than it really is. When life seems too difficult, we might be more likely to give up, or for the stress to have health impacts that lower our life expectancy.

2. The best thing you can do for someone struggling is simply showing up beside them.

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Link – Survivor Knights Philadelphia Art Show and Spoken Word
ByMikeM October 19, 2016October 19, 2016 Reading Time: 1 minute

Survivors of any kind of abuse, trauma, medical condition, life challenge, etc, we invite you to express yourself in visual art and/or spoken word at this event designed to bring the community together in mutual support. Only together can we survive. Your darkest moments may be the light to another. The event is FREE and…

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Link – A School Is Threatening to Punish Its Suicidal Students
ByMikeM September 25, 2016September 24, 2016 Reading Time: 1 minute

As it turns out, Klawes was just one of dozens of NMU students, if not more, who have been told over the years that they could face disciplinary action for discussing their suicidal thoughts, according to an investigation and press release just published by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. The ostensible goal of…

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Link – CDC says more Americans died of suicide last year than in at least 50 years
ByMikeM November 29, 2018November 29, 2018 Reading Time: 1 minute

The fact that life expectancy is on the decline, in a time when technology and health care continues to find new ways to keep people alive, is shocking. So shocking in fact that right now we are looking at being compared to this: “For decades, U.S. life expectancy was on the upswing, rising a few…

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Link – 7 Things We Have to Stop Telling Ourselves About Other People
ByMikeM August 9, 2016August 8, 2019 Reading Time: 1 minute

“We have to stop telling ourselves that the rude people of the world are personally targeting us. – We can’t take things too personally, even if it seems personal. Rarely do people do things because of us. They do things because of them. And there is a huge amount of freedom that comes to us…

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Link – My Battle Against Depression As a Child and What I Wish I Would’ve Known
ByMikeM August 28, 2017August 27, 2017 Reading Time: 1 minute

This is why we need to not only talk about depression and mental health of adults, but maybe even more importantly, to talk about it with children. We have an opportunity to get involved and help young people to avoid self-destructive behaviors later in life, but too often, we don’t do it. “My parents and…

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