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Faith Talks: Returning Citizens: Loving Those You’ve Been Trained to Despise
Faith Talks: Returning Citizens: Loving Those You’ve Been Trained to Despise
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- Timezone: America/New_York
- Date: Sep 05 2024
- Time: 2:00 pm
Faith Talks: Returning Citizens: Loving Those You’ve Been Trained to Despise
Join us Sept. 5 at 2 pm ET for a special video premiere.
Watch the video on Sept. 5 at 2 pm ET on YouTube.
September is Suicide Prevention Month — a time to raise awareness of this urgently important crisis. This month is an opportunity to shift public perception and share vital information to people affected by suicide. If you are reading this and feeling discouraged, or experiencing a mental health crisis, call or text 988 immediately.
For this episode of Faith Talks we are sharing a conversation Jennifer Farmer had with Desmond Meade. Meade is a formerly homeless returning citizen who overcame many obstacles to eventually become the President of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition (FRRC), Chair of Floridians for a Fair Democracy, a graduate of Florida International University College of Law, a Ford Global Fellow, and a 2021 MacArthur “Genius” Fellow. He was recognized by Time Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World for 2019,
In this video, we talk about his experience considering suicide. In this touching segment, he makes an appeal for all of us to see the humanity in persons who’ve made mistakes.
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