Alison malmon, founder, active minds, inc. , washington, dc; vannasang souksavath, Ladder Project coordinator, the institute for health and recovery, cambridge, massachusetts; jim williams, executive director, the association of Recovery Schools, houston, texas. Ben, the millennial generation goes 18 to 25yearolds, more or less. Talk to me about what are the major characteristics of this cohort . I really think our ability to connect using social media and all the other Technology Resources are really a strength and a defining characteristic of this age group. Very good. Alison, obviously, we have heard of the many challenges in the Mental Health area that this generation faces. Can you describe some of those challenges for us . Sure; this generation is facing Mental Health challenges that we havent seen in generations past, and i think ranging from them growing up with instances like 9 11, columbine, virginia tech, some of the more prominent Mental Health and tragic situations have re
And id like to begin by asking you what comes to mind when you think of that word . College. Fraternities. Initiation. Okay. All right. So it didnt take long for some images to pop into your head. And, thank you. And youre like many others who think about some common images as they relate to hazing. And one is young men in college fraternities, beating each other, passing out or even dying tragically from alcohol poisoning because of hazing. Also people think about professional athletes like last years headlines of the rookie Jonathan Martin of the Miami Dolphins and more recently people think sometimes about marching bands with the tragic death of drum major robert champion down at florida a m university. And now more recently over the past month weve heard news of a sexually harassing culture and hazing in the ohio state universitys marching band prompting them to fire the band director. While these images and headlines reflect realities of hazing, they only paint a partial picture.
If everyone can give another round of applause for darlene johnson. Apologize for the technical difficulties and thank you for rolling it with and going ahead and starting. I appreciate it. I just want to make sure that i give her a proper introduction. Darlene currently serves as the associate director in the office of violence against women. In this capacity, she supports the director and managing the Community Engagement division and implementing Grant Programs that respond to violence against women. So thank you. Now were going to hear from elizabeth allen. Dr. Allen is professor of graduate studies and Higher Education at the university of maine and director of stop hazing consulting. Dr. Allen was Principal Investigator for the National Study of student hazing and is currently directing the hazing prevention consortium. So lets give her a round of applause. Thank you. Can everyone hear me okay . Great. Its great to be here. Thanks so much for choosing to come to this session toda
Singapore and go to the u. S. To work and they never have a problem and they can stay here for long. For long. Why is there an exception to hello, im ivette torres, and welcome to another edition of the road to recovery. Today, well be talking about young adults in recovery, meeting the needs of the millennial generation. Joining us in our panel today are. Ben chin, cofounder, ptr associates, washington, dc; alison malmon, founder, active minds, inc. , washington, dc; vannasang souksavath, Ladder Project coordinator, the institute for health and recovery, cambridge, massachusetts; jim williams, executive director, the association of Recovery Schools, houston, texas. Ben, the millennial generation goes 18 to 25yearolds, more or less. Talk to me about what are the major characteristics of this cohort . I really think our ability to connect using social media and all the other Technology Resources are really a strength and a defining characteristic of this age group. Very good. Alison, ob
Alison malmon, founder, active minds, inc. , washington, dc; vannasang souksavath, Ladder Project coordinator, the institute for health and recovery, cambridge, massachusetts; jim williams, executive director, the association of Recovery Schools, houston, texas. Ben, the millennial generation goes 18 to 25yearolds, more or less. Talk to me about what are the major characteristics of this cohort . I really think our ability to connect using social media and all the other Technology Resources are really a strength and a defining characteristic of this age group. Very good. Alison, obviously, we have heard of the many challenges in the Mental Health area that this generation faces. Can you describe some of those challenges for us . Sure; this generation is facing Mental Health challenges that we havent seen in generations past, and i think ranging from them growing up with instances like 9 11, columbine, virginia tech, some of the more prominent Mental Health and tragic situations have re