From the desk of Ebonie Freeman, 2024 MSW Candidate at Baylor University
Suicide is the sixth leading cause of death among Black women ages 23-34 (Vance et al., 2022). African American students were 14% of all first-generation students but 11% of continuing education students (Education Department releases racial data on first-generation college students, 2017). I share these statistics with you because
A Conversation with Middle School Teacher Brittany Joyner
Recently we spoke with J.E.H. Foundation member Brittany Joyner about her experience partaking in our QPR suicide prevention training course. Brittany works as a middle school educator and has recently begun overseeing the new North Richland Middle School Hope Squad (peer-to-peer suicide prevention group)…