Comments for Ken McArthur Says, "Speak Up Save Lives!" http://speakupsavelives.org Suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death in young people and you can make a difference ... Join Ken McArthur's Impact Action Team as together we Create Awareness, Education and Access to Teen Suicide Prevention Resources and save thousands of lives! Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:33:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 Comment on Behind the Scenes - Reaching Out To Millions by Jorge http://speakupsavelives.org/?p=83#comment-38 Jorge Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:27:14 +0000 http://speakupsavelives.org/?p=83#comment-38 Sorry but I got so excited I hit the enter key and didn't fix my grammar and spelling mistakes before doing so. Anyway I just wanted to finish this by letting you know how passionate I am over this and how I accept any and all help you all are willing to give. Thanks for letting me vent and rant. I want to stop these senseless suicides and give our young people back their dignity and feeling of importance in this world. Peace and Love Jorge http://www.uami.org Sorry but I got so excited I hit the enter key and didn’t fix my grammar and spelling mistakes before doing so.

Anyway I just wanted to finish this by letting you know how passionate I am over this and how I accept any and all help you all are willing to give.

Thanks for letting me vent and rant. I want to stop these senseless suicides and give our young people back their dignity and feeling of importance in this world.

Peace and Love
Jorge
http://www.uami.org

]]> Comment on Behind the Scenes - Reaching Out To Millions by Jorge http://speakupsavelives.org/?p=83#comment-37 Jorge Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:22:09 +0000 http://speakupsavelives.org/?p=83#comment-37 Dear Frank, Jim, Deb, Nathalie, Collin, Liz and Ken, The fact is that suicide is killing our teens and at a rate higher than before. In fact it has TRIPLED in the last 25 to 30 years. Coincidentally, it is about the same time that ART was taken out of the schools because of budget restraints and lack of academic achievment. It seems the government was more concerned about money and constantly pushing our kids to excel than it was about their creative and emotional expressions, which is what art does for a child. This is why I created my non profit organization, United Arts Movement International, or UAMI for short. I would like you to visit my website by scrolling on my name or just go to: http://www.uami.org There is where I describe what I know to be the problem and also where I know to be a solution to this epidemic among our young people. I truly feel it is why we continue to see suicides at a high rate as well as the heinous murders like Virginia Tech, Illinois murders, the massacre in Utah at the mall and well, I could go on and on. I used to work in the school system at the pre-school, primary and middle school levels. I also work with high school and college age kids through my musical endeavors. It is what I saw while working in the school systems that prompted me to create my non profit to benefit children of all ages but mostly teens and young adults who are being repressed and constantly pushed to excel that it becomes too much. THis is the underlying rage that takes on a life of its own pushing some to suicide, murder on a mass scale, or both. To be sure, depression which is also higher than it has been in 100 years with teens, financial worries, the economy and the like plays parts in theis tangled mess but I see direct correlation to the deterioration of our society because of the lack of access to art and artistic expression, which is EMOTIONAL expression and it has affected us all. The thing is, I need your help Ken et. al., with helping me develop, promoting and raising money so I can do this. FOr the past year I have put the systems in place getting things in order and I'm asking for help to get this out on a mass scale because I feel it is important to save our young; our future and apparently you all feel the same. I know you and I have spoken before Ken and I was going to meet you in Philidelphia but I fell ill for the last 8 months and couldn't make it out. I am healthy once again and fervently pushing my mission forward but I need your (everyone's) help now. I have been in the Internet community for the last five years and have come to know many top flight marketers; the GURUS and there are only a few I haven't met yet and now I'm on a mission to coneect up with as many people I can that see, feel and understand my mission and are willing to help me see this to fruition. Please contact me by visiting my website and finding my contact information there. I am ready to talk with you to discuss where we can take this with your help. Sorry fgor the rant but as you can tell I am PASSIONATE Dear Frank, Jim, Deb, Nathalie, Collin, Liz and Ken,

The fact is that suicide is killing our teens and at a rate higher than before. In fact it has TRIPLED in the last 25 to 30 years. Coincidentally, it is about the same time that ART was taken out of the schools because of budget restraints and lack of academic achievment.

It seems the government was more concerned about money and constantly pushing our kids to excel than it was about their creative and emotional expressions, which is what art does for a child.

This is why I created my non profit organization, United Arts Movement International, or UAMI for short.

I would like you to visit my website by scrolling on my name or just go to:

http://www.uami.org

There is where I describe what I know to be the problem and also where I know to be a solution to this epidemic among our young people.

I truly feel it is why we continue to see suicides at a high rate as well as the heinous murders like Virginia Tech, Illinois murders, the massacre in Utah at the mall and well, I could go on and on.

I used to work in the school system at the pre-school, primary and middle school levels. I also work with high school and college age kids through my musical endeavors.

It is what I saw while working in the school systems that prompted me to create my non profit to benefit children of all ages but mostly teens and young adults who are being repressed and constantly pushed to excel that it becomes too much. THis is the underlying rage that takes on a life of its own pushing some to suicide, murder on a mass scale, or both.

To be sure, depression which is also higher than it has been in 100 years with teens, financial worries, the economy and the like plays parts in theis tangled mess but I see direct correlation to the deterioration of our society because of the lack of access to art and artistic expression, which is EMOTIONAL expression and it has affected us all.

The thing is, I need your help Ken et. al., with helping me develop, promoting and raising money so I can do this.

FOr the past year I have put the systems in place getting things in order and I’m asking for help to get this out on a mass scale because I feel it is important to save our young; our future and apparently you all feel the same.

I know you and I have spoken before Ken and I was going to meet you in Philidelphia but I fell ill for the last 8 months and couldn’t make it out.

I am healthy once again and fervently pushing my mission forward but I need your (everyone’s) help now.

I have been in the Internet community for the last five years and have come to know many top flight marketers; the GURUS and there are only a few I haven’t met yet and now I’m on a mission to coneect up with as many people I can that see, feel and understand my mission and are willing to help me see this to fruition.

Please contact me by visiting my website and finding my contact information there. I am ready to talk with you to discuss where we can take this with your help.

Sorry fgor the rant but as you can tell I am PASSIONATE

]]> Comment on All Of Us Need Each Of Us… by John Cussons http://speakupsavelives.org/?p=105#comment-34 John Cussons Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:16:30 +0000 http://speakupsavelives.org/?p=105#comment-34 Keith It is great to see you involved in this absolutely worthy cause my friend. When I saw you last it was in Chicago. That weekend I shared my hotel room with Deremiah whose story can be seen here in this blog, post http://speakupsavelives.org/ken-mcarthur/how-speak-up-save-lives-started There was a 'reason' why we ended up as room mates that weekend. A profound one. We got to know each other very well and Deramiah shared his life's journey and his passion for his mission - to save teen lives from committing suicide. He is a true spirit and devoted to his cause and I am so proud of him. I am thankful that Ken McArthur has taken up the cause as well and created the IMPACT needed to bring awareness to this serious issue. Why was it so profound that Deramiah and I were connected that weekend? Because my "story'" includes an attempted suicide. we had some common ground and shared deeply. I wasn't a teen at the time, but can assure anyone reading this that the anguish, fear, hopelessness and despair I felt during that time period is what our youth are feeling now if they have reached that point in their young lives. The silent isolation and being alone with my constant thoughts of death were incomprehensible. Like the young among us today, I thought I was totally alone and had no idea that there were others feeling the exact same things or that there was a way out - and it wasn't suicide! Fortunately for me I failed. I am so happy to be alive today. I had lived with chronic depression for years and was eventually diagnosed with Bipolar Mood Disorder [formerly known as Manic Depression] My intervention came through being hospitalized in the psychiatric ward and on discharge was introduced to a most wonderful organization in the Canadian Mental Health Association http://cmha.ca/bins/index.asp in particular the Halton Region Branch http://www.cmha-halton.ca/ in Ontario, Canada They nurtured me and I found myself. I am a worthy person and deserving of love and life - my own. I also found my voice, and for several years spoke for CMHA publicly about my journey with a Mental Illness, in high schools, community groups and outpatient psychiatric programs. It was a rewarding time and helped me immensely. I believe I helped others as well. Not only those suffering from thoughts and feelings of self destruction, but family members and friends who needed understanding as well. I still speak up and out on this subject of suicide and its prevention whenever the need arises. This is one of those moments. It is TIME to take this real issue public and to break the code of silence at every turn. Suicide is real. People die, they literally kill themselves. Our youth are in jeopardy. The "STIGMA" of SUICIDE MUST BE BROKEN. It must be talked about openly. There is no shame in reaching an emotion abyss. The shame lies in those who don't act or learn how to intervene and save those in dire turmoil. I wish Deramiah, Ken McArthur, this initiative http://speakupsavelives.org, and ALL who support this worthy cause TOTAL SUCCESS and nothing short of that! Sincerely, "Mr Emotions" John Cussons @John_Cussons <abbr><em>John Cussonss last blog post..<a href="http://www.pixelmecrazy.com/?p=5" rel="nofollow">There is NO COMPARISON between PIXELMECRAZY.COM and …</a></em></abbr> Keith

It is great to see you involved in this absolutely worthy cause my friend.

When I saw you last it was in Chicago. That weekend I shared my hotel room with Deremiah whose story can be seen here in this blog, post http://speakupsavelives.org/ke.....es-started

There was a ‘reason’ why we ended up as room mates that weekend. A profound one.

We got to know each other very well and Deramiah shared his life’s journey and his passion for his mission - to save teen lives from committing suicide.

He is a true spirit and devoted to his cause and I am so proud of him.

I am thankful that Ken McArthur has taken up the cause as well and created the IMPACT needed to bring awareness to this serious issue.

Why was it so profound that Deramiah and I were connected that weekend?

Because my “story’” includes an attempted suicide. we had some common ground and shared deeply.

I wasn’t a teen at the time, but can assure anyone reading this that the anguish, fear, hopelessness and despair I felt during that time period is what our youth are feeling now if they have reached that point in their young lives.

The silent isolation and being alone with my constant thoughts of death were incomprehensible. Like the young among us today, I thought I was totally alone and had no idea that there were others feeling the exact same things or that there was a way out - and it wasn’t suicide!

Fortunately for me I failed. I am so happy to be alive today. I had lived with chronic depression for years and was eventually diagnosed with Bipolar Mood Disorder [formerly known as Manic Depression]

My intervention came through being hospitalized in the psychiatric ward and on discharge was introduced to a most wonderful organization in the Canadian Mental Health Association http://cmha.ca/bins/index.asp in particular the Halton Region Branch http://www.cmha-halton.ca/ in Ontario, Canada

They nurtured me and I found myself. I am a worthy person and deserving of love and life - my own.

I also found my voice, and for several years spoke for CMHA publicly about my journey with a Mental Illness, in high schools, community groups and outpatient psychiatric programs. It was a rewarding time and helped me immensely. I believe I helped others as well. Not only those suffering from thoughts and feelings of self destruction, but family members and friends who needed understanding as well.

I still speak up and out on this subject of suicide and its prevention whenever the need arises. This is one of those moments.

It is TIME to take this real issue public and to break the code of silence at every turn. Suicide is real. People die, they literally kill themselves. Our youth are in jeopardy.

The “STIGMA” of SUICIDE MUST BE BROKEN. It must be talked about openly. There is no shame in reaching an emotion abyss. The shame lies in those who don’t act or learn how to intervene and save those in dire turmoil.

I wish Deramiah, Ken McArthur, this initiative http://speakupsavelives.org, and ALL who support this worthy cause TOTAL SUCCESS and nothing short of that!

Sincerely,

“Mr Emotions”
John Cussons
@John_Cussons

John Cussonss last blog post..There is NO COMPARISON between PIXELMECRAZY.COM and …

]]> Comment on All Of Us Need Each Of Us… by John Cussons http://speakupsavelives.org/?p=105#comment-33 John Cussons Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:54:55 +0000 http://speakupsavelives.org/?p=105#comment-33 Keith It is great to see you involved in this absolutely worthy cause my friend. When I saw you last it was in Chicago. That weekend I shared my hotel room with Deremiah whose story can be seen here in this blog, post http://speakupsavelives.org/ken-mcarthur/how-speak-up-save-lives-started There was a 'reason' why we ended up as room mates that weekend. A profound one. We got to know each other very well and Deramiah shared his life's journey and his passion for his mission - to save teen lives from committing suicide. He is a true spirit and devoted to his cause and I am so proud of him. I am thankful that Ken McArthur has taken up the cause as well and created the IMPACT needed to bring awareness to this serious issue. Why was it so profound that Deramiah and I were connected that weekend? Because my "story'" includes an attempted suicide. I wasn't a teen at the time, but can assure anyone reading this that the anguish, fear, hopelessness and despair I felt at that moment is what our youth are feeling now if they have reached that point in their young lives. The silent isolation and being alone with my constant thoughts of death were incomprehensible. Like the young among us today, I thought I was totally alone and had no idea that there were others feeling the exact same things or that there was a way out - and it wasn't suicide! Fortunately for me I failed. I am so happy to be alive today. I had lived with chronic depression for years and was eventually diagnosed with Bipolar Mood Disorder [formerly known as Manic Depression] My intervention came through being hospitalized in the psychiatric ward and on discharge was introduced to a most wonderful organization in the Canadian Mental Health Association http://cmha.ca/bins/index.asp in particular the Halton Region Branch http://www.cmha-halton.ca/ in Ontario, Canada They nurtured me and I found myself. I am a worthy person and deserving of love and life - my own. I also found my voice, and for several years spoke for CMHA publicly about my journey with a Mental Illness, in high schools, community groups and outpatient psychiatric programs. It was a rewarding time and helped me immensely. I believe I helped others as well. Not only those suffering from thoughts and feelings of self destruction, but family members and friends who needed understanding as well. I still speak up and out on this subject of suicide and its prevention whenever the need arises. This is one of those moments. It is TIME to take this real issue public and to break the code of silence at every turn. Suicide is real. People die, they literally kill themselves. Our youth are in jeopardy. The "STIGMA" of SUICIDE MUST BE BROKEN. It must be talked about openly. There is no shame in reaching an emotion abyss. The shame lies in those who don't act or learn how to intervene and save those in dire turmoil. I wish Deramiah, Ken McArthur, this initiative http://speakupsavelives.org, and ALL who support this worthy cause TOTAL SUCCESS and nothing short of that! Sincerely, "Mr Emotions" John Cussons <abbr><em>John Cussonss last blog post..<a href="http://www.pixelmecrazy.com/?p=5" rel="nofollow">There is NO COMPARISON between PIXELMECRAZY.COM and …</a></em></abbr> Keith

It is great to see you involved in this absolutely worthy cause my friend.

When I saw you last it was in Chicago. That weekend I shared my hotel room with Deremiah whose story can be seen here in this blog, post http://speakupsavelives.org/ke.....es-started

There was a ‘reason’ why we ended up as room mates that weekend. A profound one.

We got to know each other very well and Deramiah shared his life’s journey and his passion for his mission - to save teen lives from committing suicide.

He is a true spirit and devoted to his cause and I am so proud of him.

I am thankful that Ken McArthur has taken up the cause as well and created the IMPACT needed to bring awareness to this serious issue.

Why was it so profound that Deramiah and I were connected that weekend?

Because my “story’” includes an attempted suicide.

I wasn’t a teen at the time, but can assure anyone reading this that the anguish, fear, hopelessness and despair I felt at that moment is what our youth are feeling now if they have reached that point in their young lives.

The silent isolation and being alone with my constant thoughts of death were incomprehensible. Like the young among us today, I thought I was totally alone and had no idea that there were others feeling the exact same things or that there was a way out - and it wasn’t suicide!

Fortunately for me I failed. I am so happy to be alive today. I had lived with chronic depression for years and was eventually diagnosed with Bipolar Mood Disorder [formerly known as Manic Depression]

My intervention came through being hospitalized in the psychiatric ward and on discharge was introduced to a most wonderful organization in the Canadian Mental Health Association http://cmha.ca/bins/index.asp in particular the Halton Region Branch http://www.cmha-halton.ca/ in Ontario, Canada

They nurtured me and I found myself. I am a worthy person and deserving of love and life - my own.

I also found my voice, and for several years spoke for CMHA publicly about my journey with a Mental Illness, in high schools, community groups and outpatient psychiatric programs. It was a rewarding time and helped me immensely. I believe I helped others as well. Not only those suffering from thoughts and feelings of self destruction, but family members and friends who needed understanding as well.

I still speak up and out on this subject of suicide and its prevention whenever the need arises. This is one of those moments.

It is TIME to take this real issue public and to break the code of silence at every turn. Suicide is real. People die, they literally kill themselves. Our youth are in jeopardy.

The “STIGMA” of SUICIDE MUST BE BROKEN. It must be talked about openly. There is no shame in reaching an emotion abyss. The shame lies in those who don’t act or learn how to intervene and save those in dire turmoil.

I wish Deramiah, Ken McArthur, this initiative http://speakupsavelives.org, and ALL who support this worthy cause TOTAL SUCCESS and nothing short of that!

Sincerely,

“Mr Emotions”
John Cussons

John Cussonss last blog post..There is NO COMPARISON between PIXELMECRAZY.COM and …

]]> Comment on Speak Up Save Lives Message Reaches 2.1 Million French Readers In Montreal’s Largest Newspaper by Ryan http://speakupsavelives.org/?p=101#comment-32 Ryan Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:00:12 +0000 http://speakupsavelives.org/?p=101#comment-32 Great job guys Something close to my heart, good to see your raising the awareness.. keep it up Ry Great job guys
Something close to my heart, good to see your raising the awareness.. keep it up

Ry

]]> Comment on Behind the Scenes - Reaching Out To Millions by frank burns http://speakupsavelives.org/?p=83#comment-31 frank burns Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:14:35 +0000 http://speakupsavelives.org/?p=83#comment-31 Suicide what is it and how we can prevent it. We can't but we can all offer the very best of ourselves to improve the lives of others.If we do this, we give them a new chance in their life. If we offer them hope, we have to stand committed in our approach, it's not something that we give once, we must pledge our all or lose everything.Creating a community of children to Speak Up is a more defined way when we hear their thoughts.But we must do this correctly.Protecting & safeguarding children into an environment where they feel less threatened and are comfortable about addressing & voicing their concerns without the presence of parents.If we can give them a secured platform of their own,group fun activities and group chat sessions at the end of each day may encourage our youth to feel more value in their own lives.And if they don't feel like they are contributing,we have to invent those steps for them to follow. Depression,financial worries,divorce,separation,family fights often create an insurmountable degree of emotional stress that leads children to suicide.They don't want to grow up and face the world as they see their parents. Can we create an atmosphere that enriches their life experiences outside the family home, and away from the electronic wizardry. Only time & dedication will tell if it was successful. But we need to do more. We also need to help financially in poverty stricken neighborhoods to offset the balance and give children scope in their lives and show them how we do things,so they can be good role models as they age. Changing their mindset and opening new windows of opportunity that would otherwise not exist. Suicide what is it and how we can prevent it. We can’t but we can all offer the very best of ourselves to improve the lives of others.If we do this, we give them a new chance in their life. If we offer them hope, we have to stand committed in our approach, it’s not something that we give once, we must pledge our all or lose everything.Creating a community of children to Speak Up is a more defined way when we hear their thoughts.But we must do this correctly.Protecting & safeguarding children into an environment where they feel less threatened and are comfortable about addressing & voicing their concerns without the presence of parents.If we can give them a secured platform of their own,group fun activities and group chat sessions at the end of each day may encourage our youth to feel more value in their own lives.And if they don’t feel like they are contributing,we have to invent those steps for them to follow.
Depression,financial worries,divorce,separation,family fights often create an insurmountable degree of emotional stress that leads children to suicide.They don’t want to grow up and face the world as they see their parents.
Can we create an atmosphere that enriches their life experiences outside the family home, and away from the electronic wizardry. Only time & dedication will tell if it was successful. But we need to do more. We also need to help financially in poverty stricken neighborhoods to offset the balance and give children scope in their lives and show them how we do things,so they can be good role models as they age. Changing their mindset and opening new windows of opportunity that would otherwise not exist.

]]> Comment on Behind the Scenes - Reaching Out To Millions by Jim Donovan http://speakupsavelives.org/?p=83#comment-30 Jim Donovan Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:46:34 +0000 http://speakupsavelives.org/?p=83#comment-30 Great job, Ken. We're all behind you on this. You can take the makeup off now:-) Jim Great job, Ken.
We’re all behind you on this.
You can take the makeup off now:-)
Jim

]]> Comment on Behind the Scenes - Reaching Out To Millions by Ken McArthur http://speakupsavelives.org/?p=83#comment-29 Ken McArthur Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:22:45 +0000 http://speakupsavelives.org/?p=83#comment-29 Hey Jeff! Thanks so much for the blog post! Great new blog for Jeff at: http://layoffyourbossmarketing.com/blog/?p=59 You ROCK! All the best, Ken Hey Jeff!

Thanks so much for the blog post!

Great new blog for Jeff at:

http://layoffyourbossmarketing.com/blog/?p=59

You ROCK!

All the best,

Ken

]]> Comment on Behind the Scenes - Reaching Out To Millions by Ken McArthur http://speakupsavelives.org/?p=83#comment-28 Ken McArthur Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:20:47 +0000 http://speakupsavelives.org/?p=83#comment-28 Hey Deb, That's what happens when amazing people come together and ... YOU are amazing! You inspire me to see a wonderful day EVERY day! All the best, Ken Hey Deb,

That’s what happens when amazing people come together and …

YOU are amazing!

You inspire me to see a wonderful day EVERY day!

All the best,

Ken

]]> Comment on Behind the Scenes - Reaching Out To Millions by Ken McArthur http://speakupsavelives.org/?p=83#comment-27 Ken McArthur Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:19:45 +0000 http://speakupsavelives.org/?p=83#comment-27 Thanks Nathalie, Everyone should see the Impact that YOU are making! Check out Nathalie's wonderful adventures ... Her Medical Missions at: http://www.mymedicalmissions.com and watch her video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6cqepyRvVU Great work Nathalie! All the best, Ken Thanks Nathalie,

Everyone should see the Impact that YOU are making!

Check out Nathalie’s wonderful adventures …

Her Medical Missions at:

http://www.mymedicalmissions.com

and watch her video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6cqepyRvVU

Great work Nathalie!

All the best,

Ken

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