The Rochester Arts School organized a forum for young people from mental health and drug addiction on Saturday.
Children, young adults and their tutors have had the opportunity to find out about mental health and drug addiction problems and some of the available resources.
The forum was created After a student fell From what the police called “a high position” at school on March 24. The student died later during the day at the Strong Memorial Hospital.
“We know what happened here, the tragedy that happened here, and the question is how to make sure that we prevented tragedies like that to happen in the future?” Mayor Malik Evans said. “(We need community conversations not only with students or simply with parents, but with everyone. It must be a community family conversation. This is what it is today.”
The forum was organized in partnership with several programs and initiatives, including the Rochester City District School District of my brother and the mayor’s office of special projects and educational initiatives.
The outbreak of a conversation is that the school district of Rochester City, 18, my brother’s goalkeeper, Shahmir Ellis, says that may be a step in the right direction.
“Many people are used to cope with things by themselves and life and sometimes it is not enough,” said Ellis. “Sometimes you must have these conversations. You must have someone you can extend a document, and this person to extend a hand and tell you that you are well.”
She knows too well the difficulties of mental health.
“It’s a generational trauma,” said Ellis. “And being in the black community, you know, we have a lot of stigmata. I have a first -hand experience with mental health problems. And, so why are we not talking about it? Why don’t we have these conversations? “
“Who knows better what young people live than young people?” Said Evans. “And we also call on adults, which is quite cool. They will all meet at the same time, then they separate in different escape rooms so that you can hear the prospect of mental health, not just young people. But remember, adults are also dealing with mental health problems.”
The organizers behind the event hope that its efforts will be able to create a safe space for open conversations on challenges and its collaborative work can re-get young.
“These are the engines of many things we want to see,” said Evans. “And you see that today, when you see young people say our problem with mental health. Adults listen to us, parents listen to us (and) create spaces for us so that we can talk about our mental health. It did not happen when I was younger, but it happens now, and it should be considered encouraging for many people in our community.”
Managers also claim that if you are faced with mental health difficulties or emotional distress or if you need to speak, you can contact 988 suicide and crisis Life Like by call, SMS or discuss 988Lifeline.org.