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Leadership
After this session, attendees should be able to:
- Describe the personal story of one man’s struggles with mental health issues and the effectiveness of storytelling as a tool in suicide prevention and mental health advocacy.
- Describe how one decision in a young college student’s life resulted in unexpected long-term consequences.
- Identify key components of messaging to meet the audience’s learning needs, such as the connection between overall well-being and improved mental health.
- Identify the steps to craft an engaging and effective narrative with a compelling call to action.
Program Abstract:
Kevin shares his story of hope and celebration of life. Kevin Hines is a mental health advocate, global speaker, best-selling author, documentary filmmaker and entrepreneur who reaches audiences all over the world with his story of an unlikely survival and his strong will to live. Two years after he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder (at 19 years of age), he attempted to take his own life by jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge. He is one of only thirty-four (less than 1%) to survive the fall and he is the only Golden Gate Bridge jump survivor who is actively spreading the message of living mentally healthy around the globe.
This session is partially sponsored by the American College Health Foundation UnitedHealthcare Student Resources Fund, Health Promotion in Higher Education Fund, and Josh Kaplan Fund for Clinical Medicine.