LIVE: A Community Conversation – MENTAL HEALTH: A crisis in Colorado hosted by KKTV Channel 11 and The Colorado Springs Gazette at Pikes Peak Center in Colorado Springs. Read more about the discussion here.
Coordination and Communication are Key to Improving Mental Health and Criminal Justice in America
Mental health and criminal justice are a tangled mess in communities all across the country. Rather than supporting health from childhood through old age, our social systems show hardly any signs of understanding mental health at all. We don’t systematically recognize or have the capacity to respond to early indications for concern, and instead rely upon law enforcement to intervene …
Nothing holds Joe Coleman back as he battles through adversity
Joe was diagnosed with cerebral palsy and mild mental condition at a young age. “I started at the bottom, and I am working my way up to the top,” said Joe. October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, and those who know Joe said he epitomizes a success story of the importance of different perspectives and talents in the workplace. …