/news-archive/tag/susie-reece/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Fri, 09 Sep 2022 13:00:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2022/09/09/reece-suicide-prevention/ Fri, 09 Sep 2022 13:00:24 +0000 /news/?p=82045 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Honors Reece for Making a Difference as Suicide Prevention Advocate]]> Her work includes serving as a lived experience engagement coordinator for the Suicide Prevention Resource Center, founder and executive director of the nonprofit Suicide Prevention Allies, and a consultant and speaker for her own company, SFA Consulting. 鈥淚 lost my father to suicide when I was 10 so I guess I鈥檝e informally been a suicide prevention advocate ever since then,鈥� Reece said. 鈥淚n 2012, I started looking for opportunities to volunteer. I felt it was one of those subjects that I had personal experience in where a single person can truly make an impact.鈥� For her hard work, the Department of Applied Communication honored Reece with the Students Making a Difference Award, which recognizes students who have made a difference in their community in the area of applied communication. In addition to her work and nonprofit, Reece also volunteers in several suicide prevention initiatives, including working with the Arkansas Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention to implement suicide prevention programs in correctional facilities in Arkansas. She also volunteers with the National Alliance for Mental Illness to support suicide prevention for the LGBTQ+ community. 鈥淚 also do a lot of work with veterans,鈥� Reece said. 鈥淢y father had just started his transition out of active military status when he died so that is an area of passion for me.鈥漖]> /news-archive/2022/08/23/suicide-prevention-grant/ Tue, 23 Aug 2022 12:37:08 +0000 /news/?p=82011 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Student Writes Grant to Help Fund Suicide Prevention Programs in Arkansas Jails]]> Kristina Johnson, a graduate student in professional and technical writing, wrote the grant on behalf of the (AFSP-AR). The nonprofit received a $10,000 grant from the Roy and Christine Sturgis Trust to supplement funding for a pilot suicide prevention education program in two Arkansas county jails. Bank of America is the sole trustee of the Roy and Christine Sturgis Trust. The nonprofit鈥檚 Project 2025 Corrections Program will offer and evaluate suicide prevention education programs for Pulaski County Regional Detention Center and Garland County Detention Center. Over nine months, they will implement the 鈥淭alk Saves Lives: Corrections鈥� suicide prevention curriculum within the jails. Afterwards, they will gather feedback on what was successful about the program, which will help AFSP-AR gain insight on growing the program in the future. Altogether, they plan to reach 350-500 people in Pulaski and Garland counties through the program. The Project 2025 Corrections Program is also funded by a 糖心Vlog传媒MS Translational Research Institute Community Based Participatory Research Award. Johnson wrote the grant as part of her fall 2021 grant writing class with Dr. Barb L’Eplattenier, a professor of rhetoric and writing at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock. 鈥淭his is my favorite class that I have taken in the graduate program,鈥� Johnson said. 鈥淚t offered real-world experience that is absolutely paramount to grant writing. I learned a lot about myself as a professional, and I have built a great relationship with the nonprofit I worked with.鈥� Johnson, who also works as a technical writer at MidSOUTH, got involved with AFSP-AR after hearing Susie Reece, a volunteer with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, speak about suicide prevention as part of the Arkansas Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect. Johnson worked with Reece and Jacqueline Sharp, area director of the Arkansas chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, to write the grant. 鈥淚 had never written a grant before this class, so I was very proud of the work that all of us did to write and receive the grant,鈥� Johnson said. 鈥淚 was so proud to use my writing in a meaningful way to help a meaningful cause. The goal is to save lives, and there is nothing quite like knowing that I was able to help with that. This experience has reinforced how important it is for me to use my writing skills in a way that directly helps people.鈥漖]>