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A Time for Hope & Healing with Dr. Thomas Joiner
Please join us Wednesday, November 9th as we welcome Dr. Thomas Joiner as the keynote speaker at our annual luncheon, A Time for Hope & Healing. The event will be taking place at Embassy Suites Hotel & Conference Center –LaVista from 11:30 – 1:00. Dr. Joiner’s message strongly aligns with many activities we are currently working on, and we are thrilled to bring his expertise around suicide prevention and research to the Omaha Metro Area.
The Secret Wounds of Sex Trafficking Survivors
The Kim Foundation had the opportunity to attend August’s Mary C. Lopez Lunch and Learn, sponsored by the Women’s Leadership Council, in partnership with the Women’s Fund of Omaha. The luncheon and panel discussion aimed to spark a community dialogue surrounding the very real and widespread issue of sex trafficking.
ReRuns R Fun
As we bid farewell to summer and welcome cooler weather, Husker football, and changing leaves, we are reminded that the holiday season is just around the corner! If you are looking to begin your Christmas shopping early this year, look no further.
Mental Health and the Workplace
People have started talking more openly about mental illness which definitely shows a shift from recent years. For most people though, fully understanding mental illness remains difficult. In the workplace especially, there are a lot of people who still regard mental illness as more of a character flaw rather than an illness. For those with a mental illness, this makes getting a job and keeping a job even more of a challenge.
Metro Area LOSS Team Monthly Update
As summer wraps up and schools are back in session, I can’t help but reflect on the many families and friends who lost loved ones to suicide over the summer. Since May, we have lost 20 lives to suicide in the Metro area alone.
Join Us This Fall
At The Kim Foundation we have been extremely busy getting 13minutes.org off the ground and spreading the word about this suicide prevention awareness campaign. The positive response we’ve had to the campaign has been absolutely overwhelming, and we are so grateful to our partners who have made it possible.
The Kim Foundation’s 2016 Organizational Fair
On August 11th, The Kim Foundation hosted our third annual Organizational Fair! This year we held the event back at our offices in the C&A Industries building and welcomed 48 local non-profit mental and behavioral health organizations.
“Free the Mind”
On August 2nd Film Streams at The Ruth Sokolof Theater partnered with Mindfulness Outreach Initiative to screen the documentary, “Free the Mind,” which was followed by a panel discussion and guided meditation. The film follows Professor Richard J. Davidson, a world renowned neuroscientist, who studies the use of meditation, breathing, and mindfulness as an alternative treatment to depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder.
A Successful Start to the School Year
The end of summer and the beginning of a new school year can be a stressful time for children, as well as their parents. The thoughts of a new school, dealing with different social settings, a new teacher or the possibility of a tougher academic year are all worries. It is that feeling of the unknown that creates stress, anxiety, and sometimes the blues in children.
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