Movies List:

Need a movie for when you're in a good mood, or a bad mood, or just in a mood? We compiled a whole list of them!

Good Mood
Pride & Prejudice
Mean Girls
Avengers
500 Days of Summer
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Disney Movies
10 Things I Hate About You
Boondock Saints II
There Will Be Blood
Monty Python
Lord of the Rings

These were movies that made us feel better about our good moods. Some have personal meaning, a memory and a good time, and others are just great. That greatness makes us feel good, too.

Bad Mood
My Sister's Keeper
Mulan
Prayers for Bobby
White Christmas
It's a Wonderful Life
Charlie Brown Holiday Specials
The Holiday
Sound of Music
SuperBad
The Thin Man
Notebook

Some of us like to let it all out when we get sad, so we watch movies that make us cry so many tears. Others, when they feel bad like to have a touching cinematic adventure. Again some of these movies have personal meanings behind them.

Emotional Times
Lord of the Rings
Remember the Titans
Fiddler on the Roof

Sometimes there isn't one emotion being felt, you just need a good movie to pull you through weird feelings.

National Suicide Prevention Week - Minutes from the meeting

Our Minutes are orange for Suicide Prevention Week

TWLOHA Minutes 9/13/12

Attendance: Danny, Laura, Allyson, Lydia, Elizabeth, Jordan, Katie, Remi, Carolyn

• We started off with an Icebreaker. Your Name and a Song (or artist) of the Week
• We all signed an agreement pledge for all U Chapter members.
• The Out of the Darkness walk is this Sunday at noon. Meet at Deglman Circle at 11:30. If you need a ride, contact Jordan. Jordan and Katie will be providing rides.
• Next week we will be discussing the Out of the Darkness Walk, as well as the topic of suicide (a very heavy week). We will be meeting at the Jesuit Gardens, with our emergency rain location being Java Jay.
• We spoke about Social Media Awareness. We need to make sure that the Creighton and TWLOHA names are kept clean, and do not post inappropriate behaviors, or triggering posts. Any questions or concerns, contact Jordan.
• And we finished off with highs and lows! :)

National Suicide Prevention Week - Friday

           In the early stages of this post, I wanted it to be some long recounting of my story. Quickly, I saw that not only were the words not coming to me but that that post could not accomplish what it needed to. That’s when it hit me…instead of looking back on the last blog of this important week, wouldn’t it be better to look forward? Therefore, that is what I am going to attempt to do.
           Our society has a hard time talking about mental health issues because they are very dark concepts that are difficult for some to grasp. However, in society’s presentation of them, there is a lightness missing. That lightness flickers in some people, but it could shine far brighter. Let me explain.
           People don’t choose to end their life. People feel they have no choice. However, you and I and anyone for that matter can be a road block of love. We can reach out to our struggling companions and tell them that hope exists for everyone, help is possible, and that we love them. The only way this stigma can be erased is if we challenge the perceptions of society and those who are struggling. We can do this by being light in the darkness.
           To any of you who have struggled with thoughts of suicide or maybe even attempted suicide: You are not a failure. Your life is not hopeless. You are so much more than those thoughts and/or actions. I believe that you are here for a reason. I know the world would not be the same without you. Even though I may not know you, I care about you.

            To everyone: There is a decent chance that someone in your life has, is, or will struggle with suicide and/or a mental illness. You cannot be a passive observer because someone’s life is at stake. I dare you to be a light to them. I challenge you to be bold enough to say that they are loved, there is hope, and that you are there for them.

            I am going to leave the final piece of wisdom to the inspirational Mahatma Gandhi. “If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. …We need not wait to see what others do.”

Love and Hope

Laura Faurot

Treasurer- TWLOHA Creighton

National Suicide Prevention Week - Thursday

It’s important to remember that not everyone who is going through trouble or pain will feel like they should tell someone all about it. If a friend is in pain and they won’t tell you what’s going on I think one thing that we should remember is just don’t give up on those who are dealing with mental health issues. Keep asking how they’re coping. Keep letting them know you care. As long as they know there’s someone waiting for them to pull through they can still see the hope. I’m a part of TWLOHA because I think it shows people the hope. The people that I have met through the organization will always be associated with that same hope for me.

Love,

Katie

National Suicide Prevention Week - Wednesday

My first time ever encountering a situation where someone had committed suicide was back in 10th grade. It was a few days before spring break, and I remember going home after school. The next day at school, my Math teacher walked into class and was really quiet. He started reading an email that they sent to all the teachers to read to their students. It said that there was a freshman that had taken his own life the afternoon before, right after school. A lot of kids were quiet that day, because they all knew him. I never had the chance to meet him, but the memory of the aftermath of him taking his own life is something that I think about every day.
A lot of his friends were devastated, and the school had pastors (it was a Lutheran school) and councilors on campus all day for students that wanted to talk. Kids were hit hard by this, but the people that I feel the most pain for are the kid’s parents. So much has happened in my life since 10th grade, all of that my parents experienced with me, or I called them to tell them, because I was away from home. But that kid finished his own life before it even started, and I could never imagine life being so bad that you want to end it on your own. It may be helpful for the person who is leaving, but the only side that I experienced is seeing those that are left behind.
If you are suffering with depression, self-harm, or are suicidal, I know that life may be hard now, but it will get better. There is no reason why you should not reach out to someone and say that you need help. TWLOHA is an amazing organization, and our doors are always open. There are councilors on campus. There is a hotline. There are doctors and hospitals. Do whatever you can, but please don’t take your own life, because there are people that care about you, and will miss you if you go.
Even though I never met that kid, I think about him all the time.
With love,
Remi Turok
TWLOHA Secretary

National Suicide Prevention Week - Tuesday

Suicide affects us all. Whether through our personal experience, our family, our school, our community, even if we just here about it on the news, we are all affected by suicide. The national suicide rate in our country is astounding. It’s terrible. It’s startling.

It’s saddening. 

The feeling that one has to feel to willingly take his or her own life is the ultimate low in human experience. To end your own life prematurely is to be beyond desperate, beyond pain, beyond fear, beyond death.

That everyday people feel that way and commit suicide, dozens every week, hundreds every month, is almost sickening. The fact that they have no one to go to in a country of hundreds of million people is the worst testament against American social society today.

Please, join us in this year’s National Suicide Prevention Week in the fight against death. Every person has the power to make a change in someone’s life. Change someone’s life today. It’s easy. All you have to is show that you care, even in the smallest way. Show that you are capable of Love.

Change someone’s life, and I can almost guarantee you that yours will be changed as well.


With love to all,

Daniel Lansing Osborn

Vice President
CU To Write Love On Her Arms

National Suicide Prevention Week and World Suicide Prevention Day - Monday

I am just one person in this world. I accept that. But I will not accept that I cannot change this world. Today on World Suicide Prevention Day I am remembering my cousin Megan. She was an incredibly joyous person and cared so much for those people in her life. She was one of my best supports after my mother died because she too had lost a parent when she was in high school. She knew just what to say to show me that she loved me. Despite all her love and affection she took her own life in 2010. I will never forget her, certainly, but the way I want to remember her best is by living through her example. I am Co-President of TWLOHA because I believe in the ability of a person to change the world. Whether the change comes about globally or just in one person's life, change is possible. Megan taught me that selfless love and working towards understanding and accepting each other is the best way to live life. She is gone now but I plan on never stopping spreading the message of love and acceptance. I want everyone to know that I am just one person, but I plan on changing the world, one message of love at a time.

-Elizabeth

"No really though, we love each other" Minutes - 9/6/2012

These lovely people were there: Jordan, Danny, Laura, Emilee, Remi, Carolyn, Katie, Lydia, and Elizabeth.

A quick icebreaker tonight. Name and if you could have any pet what would you have.

The Out of the Darkness Walk (a suicide prevention walk) is taking place on Sunday, September the 16^th at noon. We will meet in Deglman circle at 11:30 to carpool. Jordan can drive five people total. Can somebody else bring a car? Patrick and Ali (two very special alum) may try to meet us there. If you are interested in participating, contact Jordan.

Involvement fair is on Wednesday, September 12 from 1:30-4. We need volunteers to sit at the table, and help set up and takedown. If you can volunteer, let Jordan know. If you can’t make it, at least stop by and say hi! :) Expect an email from Jordan about time slots soon! (Keep your eyes open)

We also need a poster or flyer to put up around campus to help with recruitment. Contact Jordan!

Also, remember that we are representatives of this organization. We do have fun, but at the involvement fair, remember to engage people and show them just how fun TWLOHA can be!

Monday is National Suicide Prevention Day, and next week (9/10-9/14) is suicide prevention week. Wear something orange on Monday or a TWLOHA shirt. Execs will be posting blog posts each day, so visit to read up (see link below). We also kindly ask that you post something on your Facebook pages. Something along the lines of:

     “Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. I am a member of (tag page here) Creighton University – TWLOHA and I refuse to remain silent. Preventing suicide isn’t simple but I believe that hope is real.”

We have an awesome blog, but it is very lonely. (see below) If you want to contribute to the blog at any time, contact any exec. We would love to have your contributions.

TWLOHA is no longer anti-social! (At least online). Events, announcements, reminders, pics, and other fun things will be on all of our social media pages:

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/twlohacreighton
• Twitter: @TWLOHACreighton
• Blog: http://twloha-creighton.blogspot.com

We finished off with highs and lows/support and love. <3

National Suicide Prevention Week- Sunday

Today marks the beginning of National Suicide Prevention Week. Suicide prevention. What a daunting task. Many people shy away from the problem both in conversation and in action. This is exactly what we shouldn’t be doing. I am in Creighton’s UChapter of TWLOHA because I believe in the power of relationships between people. I believe that support, love, and friendship do make a difference. I believe that the first step in preventing suicide is to talk about it. We need to engage in dialogue about these issues and remove the stigma society has placed on them. People should not be ashamed of struggling with addiction and/or other mental health problems. Instead we should support each other. These issues are not as rare as we would like to believe and keeping quiet is a large part of the problem. During National Suicide Prevention Week I am renewing my pledge to care enough about my friends and family to have the hard conversations and to know the warning signs of suicide. Suicide is preventable. It isn’t easy but it is worthwhile. I believe that by recognizing this week, being the president of TWLOHA at Creighton, and living a life of compassion for others I can help prevent suicide. Hope is real.

Love is the movement,

Jordan

1.No ice breaker needed (Except Danny didn’t know Lydia)

2.Jordan also announced that we will be switching up our format this year. Each week will switch between honest conversation/group discussions  one week and general business the next  (unless we have bad weeks, because we always do, then we will change the order). To help with that, we filled out sheets anonymously with:

a.       our goals for our involvement

b.      our goals for TWLOHA

c.       a heavy discussion topic

d.      a light discussion topic

e.      a personal confession

3.We also all wrote down things that we want for our chapter and/or ourselves this year. We came up with:

a.      Love

b.      Hope

c.      Support

d.      Remove Stigma

e.      Community Outreach

f.       Welcome Others

g.      Increase Membership

h.      Involvement

i.       Commitment

j.       Get stuff done

k.      Snack time

l.       Safe space

m.     Change at least one person

n.      Gain a back bone

o.      Realize that talking about issues will help more than hurt

p.      Be more open and honest

q.      Be inspired by people who are open and honest

r.       Deal with our own issues and lives together

s.      More safe spaces!

t.       Even more safe spaces!

           u.      Having people that understand what is going on in life

4.And we finished off with highs and lows :)