In this episode I discuss the causes of the suicide epidemic in the construction industry and ways to prevent suicide with several members of UA Local 290's Apprentice Resource Community (ARC). My guests are Phillip Clark, Jake Klemsen, Henry Hendrix, and Tori Geter.
Some life-saving resources we discuss in this episode are:
https://www.qprinstitute.com/
https://www.gettrainedtohelp.com/en/
Suicide Prevention Hotlines:
1-800-273-8255 (TALK)
Text "Hello" to 741741
National Suicide Prevention Hotline 988 (https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/current-events/the-lifeline-and-988/)
Other Resources:
https://www.cpwr.com/research/research-to-practice-r2p/r2p-library/other-resources-for-stakeholders/mental-health-addiction/suicide-prevention-resources/
https://preventconstructionsuicide.com/
https://www.constructionworkingminds.org/
https://www.sprc.org/settings/workplaces
https://www.cdc.gov/mentalhealth/stress-coping/employee-job-stress/index.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fcommunity%2Fmental-health-non-healthcare.html
https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/stress/suicide.html
About the host: As owner and CEO of Lauri Rollings and Associates, Lauri provides consulting services and training to make businesses more profitable through strategic and data-driven diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts. You can reach her at lauri.rollings@gmail.com and learn more about her at https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurirollings/.
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