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DESCRIPTION:Schedule:\n3:00 pm – Doors Open\n3:30 pm – Welcoming Remarks\n3
 :35 pm – Panel Discussion\n4:00 pm – Q&A\n\n \n\nSuicide is the second lead
 ing cause of death among Vermonters aged 15-44. Just as troubling\, 14% of 
 high school students report having made a suicide plan in the past year. Th
 ese startling statistics highlight a national challenge—each year\, more th
 an 13 million U.S. adults seriously consider suicide.\n\nWhy are so many pe
 ople in Vermont—and across the country—impacted by suicide? And more import
 antly\, what can we do to help them find hope and healing?\n\nIn recognitio
 n of Suicide Prevention Awareness Month\, we’re bringing together voices fr
 om across the field—people with lived experience of suicide\, clinicians\, 
 and frontline providers—to explore what’s really driving suicidal despair a
 nd what we know about how to support people through it.\n\nPanelists will s
 hare both personal and professional insights into the emotional\, social\, 
 and systemic factors that drive suicidality\, and the innovative approaches
  that offer real pathways to recovery. Together\, we’ll learn about Four Pi
 nes Fund’s work to transform suicide care in Vermont and across the U.S.\, 
 and explore what compassionate\, effective support looks like in practice.\
 n\nMODERATOR: Alison Krompf\, Director of FPF’s Vermont Portfolio will faci
 litate a dynamic interactive conversation and highlight efforts to transfor
 m suicide care in Vermont. Together\, we will explore what compassionate ef
 fective support looks like in practice.\n\nPANELISTS: \n\nDr. Craig J. Brya
 n\, PsyD\, ABPP\, is a board-certified clinical psychologist in cognitive b
 ehavioral psychology\, and an internationally recognized expert on suicide 
 prevention\, trauma\, and resilience. As of September 1\, 2025\, he is a Pr
 ofessor of Psychiatry at The University of Vermont Larner College of Medici
 ne\, where he leads suicide care initiatives. \n\nLindsay Mesa is a leader 
 in alternative mental health and peer support\, with 15 years’ experience s
 haping programs and training that have reached thousands across Vermont. As
  a driving force at Pathways Vermont\, she builds innovative services that 
 foster choice\, connection\, and community—work deeply informed by her own 
 lived experience and losing a parent to suicide. She holds a Master’s Degre
 e in Sociology from New York University.\n\n \n\nHULA is a 14-acre multipur
 pose coworking campus and innovation hub in Burlington’s South End on the s
 hores of Lake Champlain.
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LOCATION:Hula Lakeside
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SUMMARY:Panel Discussion on “Understanding Suicide: Real Stories\, Root Cau
 ses\, and Pathways to Healing”
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URL:https://events.uvm.edu/event/hula-story-sessions-four-pines-fund-panel-
 discussion-on-understanding-suicide-real-stories-root-causes-and-pathways-t
 o-healing
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