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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Everyone,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A big thanks to those who were able to attend the last quarterly meeting of the RI Higher Education Suicide Prevention Advisory Group. I thought that the discussion between members and Youth Pride RI was extremely informative and I really
appreciate everyone who spoke about the services available for the LGBTQ populations on their campus.
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<p class="MsoNormal">For those who weren’t able to attend, please take a minute to review the meeting notes I have attached here for your reference. If anyone who was in attendance notices any errors or missing items in the notes, please contact me directly
and I will make sure to make the required corrections immediately. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A few other updates that have resulted during/since the meeting:
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">At the meeting, I put out a call for any member who is willing to approach their institution’s computer sciences/web development/graphic design department in order to ask if they would
be willing to help the RI Youth Suicide Prevention Program revamp/update our “Suicide Proof” webpage, which was originally designed to educate parents/guardians about reducing access to lethal means for suicidal youth. You can visit the page at:
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.suicideproof.org_&d=DwMFAg&c=tSLbvWYfvulPN3G_n48TUw&r=dzyT-xeRX73lG2zc12dRKOniOGA-M_LyRlpOYwzZdxA&m=NZU5pCxKs1pWuAAvYfrX2s161gDnyvFVS3NVV5gt1W0&s=JJ9clgVgdkSCDJwtPO5gbxIm_BjOReAhgxsanwAKCcg&e=">http://www.suicideproof.org/</a> . I also received a lot of suggestions on how to improve the page that are greatly appreciated and will be incorporated into the updates. Lauren Fiske of RISD had mentioned the possibility
of hosting a “hackathon” event to update the page but in the meantime if you would be willing to approach the relevant staff/faculty at your school about this type of project please contact me directly.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Bryant University has graciously offered to host the next quarterly meeting, however due to scheduling difficulties in August, we will be planning on holding the meeting sometime in
September. It appears that the 3:00 to 4:30 weekday time slot works for the majority of members, so please expect it will be during that time period. As soon as we are able to confirm the meeting date/time I will send out a notification to the group.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Lastly, during the meeting there were a few questions posed by members of the group that no one readily had answers to so I want to re-iterate that one of the main goals behind this
group is to provide a platform for colleges to communicate around suicide prevention/mental health. Please feel free to post any questions (relevant to our subject matter) to the group using the
<a href="mailto:rihespag@listserve.ri.gov">rihespag@listserve.ri.gov</a> email address. Even if no one is able to respond satisfactorily to the question, I will record it and ensure it is brought up in the future for discussion at a meeting at this group or
among other subject matter experts who may be able to help. <o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks to everyone for their time and participation in this group. I’m really looking forward to the next meeting and I encourage any and all members to reach out to me directly if they are encountering any issues around suicide prevention
efforts on their campus and would like additional support from the RI Youth Suicide Prevention Program.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Have a great weekend!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Travis<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Travis Vendetti, BS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Youth Suicide Prevention Coordinator<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Violence & Injury Prevention Program<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Division of Community Health & Equity<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Rhode Island Department of Health<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(p)401-222-4390<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Travis.vendetti@health.ri.gov">Travis.vendetti@health.ri.gov</a>
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