Kevin briggs has accumulated many stories from his time spent talking with people ready to jump from the golden gate bridge. Hes been the subject of documentaries, written a book now hes bringing his message to iowa as suicide rates climb across the country. Its so empowering when the individual comes back over that rail, they did it, it takes a lot of courage to come back over that rail and face everything that pushed you over that edge. Briggs says the key is communication people something many people do. In johnson county, the Crisis Center offers a crisis hot line that gets one thousand calls a month, and recently started a mobile Crisis Center where Mental Health professionals actually go and visit with people who are considering harming themselves. We were averaging 15 calls a month, and that has sky rocketed to 34 or 35 calls a month the last couple months. Briggs says everyday people can going to say to their friends or lovedones. And be ready with resource materials and a plan
Advocacy program plan to boost staff while the survey is open from next monday through november 20. Our hotline staff is aware of the survey launch and release date, weve extra staffed the support line were prepared to take an increased volume of calls and support survivors or support anyone who is having some emotional response from the survey the university chose not to participate in a recent National Survey on sexual assault. Ui Officials Say they had concerns about the timetable and completeness of that survey. This study will be geared more specifically to the university of iowa. In iowa city, mark carlson, kcrg tv nine news. We have another High School Football game tonight on kcrg nine point two. Tonight were back at Kingston Stadium as linnmar takes on cedar rapids jefferson. And thats where we find joe winters. Great conditions for clouds will thicken as the night goes on, keeping us mild with lows in the 50s. A few showers are possible friday morning, but the rain will start
That young people especially young men grow up in a desensitized world. 37 15 Graham Goulden scott ish Violence Reduction unit why is this contributing to the violence in our society. We start to ask these questions and why. Young people today are living in a highly sexualized and intoxicating environment. With nearly 30 years of trying to stop violence in scotland, goulden said a lack of respect for others and can to a violent edge. 36 20 goulden we have Law Enforcement and they have a clear role but well never police away all violence. We need to get people to show some compassion in their communities, to get people to act, to intervene, not just for Law Enforcement but to challenge their friends, their neighbors are. The assault and killing of 66yearold nancy krapfl two months ago brought so much outrage throughout dubuque. Yet this talk. Nats of goulden. Needed to take place even over the subjects of racist or sexist comments or jokes. 3950 if we dont confront those types of things
Waterloo landlords want to know if theyre renting an apartment to someone with a criminal past. The city council is considering eliminating a portion of rental applications where youre required to disclose criminal convictions. Based on that information a landlord can then decide not to rent to them. Landlords of black hawk wants to protect the inexperienced landlords who dont know the rules. And they say some may not be able to preform a Human Rights Commission says its only hurting those who want to start a new life. By accepting somebody without doing their background check or asking that question you may inadvertently put a pedophile, a someone convicted of repeated issues of violence, next to someone you love, and nobody wants that. The idea is that when you go in for an application if the box is removed you dont signal to the employer or the landlord that you have a record and so youre treated as a human being. The city council will hold an open work session on this issue on mond