{"id":2454606,"date":"2020-02-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-16T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=320985"},"modified":"2020-02-16T07:59:59","modified_gmt":"2020-02-16T14:59:59","slug":"youth-in-crisis-lets-keep-the-conversation-going","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/youth-in-crisis-lets-keep-the-conversation-going\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth in crisis: let\u2019s keep the conversation going"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/02\/facebook-thumbnail-1200.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">It\u2019s a weird thing to be \u201cexcited\u201d to have had such an incredible turnout on Wednesday for the youth anxiety\/depression\/suicide prevention conversation that I hosted, but I really was so happy to see how many people showed up for such an important event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Over 60 attendees were flexible with a last-minute venue change and sitting in a very large circle of chairs, listening one another and to the 20-plux organizational representatives talk about the services they can provide to support youth in crisis in the Roaring Fork Valley. Between a current Aspen High School student who was brave enough to talk about her current experiences, to parents of recent suicide victims, and older participants (my own pre-school teacher from Wildwood over 45 years ago), it was a humbling collection of voices that were there for one reason \u2014 to figure out what to do to help our local youth keep from ever feeling so alone and desperate that they choose to die by suicide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">If you could not attend the session, but would like to be a part of any further conversation opportunities anywhere in the Roaring Fork Valley, please fill out an information form using this link so we can keep you informed: bit.ly\/31TPrnW<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Lastly, I want to offer a very public \u201cthank you\u201d to Ken at the Inn at Aspen who, at the last minute, gave us a perfect space to gather everyone together for this event and to Kara Gilbert, at the Snowmass Chapel, for creating such a powerful flyer to draw us all together. I am deeply thankful for your support and effort!<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Letter Name\">Georgina Levey<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Aspen<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/opinion\/letters-to-the-editor\/youth-in-crisis-lets-keep-the-conversation-going\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a weird thing to be \u201cexcited\u201d to have had such an incredible turnout on Wednesday for the youth anxiety\/depression\/suicide prevention conversation that I hosted, but I really was so happy to see how many people showed up for such an important event. Over 60 attendees were flexible with a last-minute venue change and sitting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2454606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-18 15:12:06","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2454606"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2454616,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454606\/revisions\/2454616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2454606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2454606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2454606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}