9 pm meeting starts
Elizabeth: Next Tuesday is National TWLOHA day. We have a table in skutt by the fireplace from 11-3. We need people to sign up to be at the table. So if you're free anytime that day let me or another exec know and we'll put you down for a time to be at the table. Last year we used a fears vs dreams concept on a whiteboard and we think that was really effective so we’re going to use that idea again and put the pictures on the TWLOHA webpage. Laura is going to create a facebook event. So invite as many people as you'd like.
9:05
Big spring event in February. We’re going to do lyrics and conversation. Model it after last years event. People sharing their stories mixed in with musical acts. Relaxing night of conversation and music. We picked the third week of February on Thursday from Eight to Eleven. February 21 from 8-11 in Java Jays.
- Do we want to apply for funding? Try to apply with IRHG and CSU and get Sodexho snacks. Carloyn is going to look into that.
We're going to reuse the posters from the Red Flag event last year and re-purpose them a bit for this and start putting those up as soon as possible.
9:13
watching a video about the stages of grief. From Robot Chicken.
- Denail. Anger. Bargaining. Depression. Acceptance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_Z3lmidmrY
9:18
Elizabeth is sharing about her personal experience with grief.
- TWLOHA talks about taboo things, It’s what we do here. We try to figure out ways to help each other through these things.
9:50
HIGHS AND LOWS
10:23
Meeting is complete!
(Thank you Allyson!)

Heavy Week: Stigma 4 Oct 2012

Attendance: Laura, Danny, Jordan, Remi, Mekenzie, Carolyn, Katie, Katherine

Ice breaker: we tossed a ball with questions on it, and you had to answer the question that landed under your thumb.
Our new event coordinator is Carolyn! (yay!) This is with our upcoming event: Lyrics and Conversation. We are having art forms, and people sharing their stories in between. We need to start Advertising for the event. Email us your ideas. Carolyn came up with a name: "Sing. Speak. Share."
We also discussed enemies of unity:
-Handing up and handing down: Gossip that is negative should be handed up to execs, gossip that is positives should be handed down.
-Lack of shared purpose: When we lose sight of the vision and mission of the group, we are not going to get anywhere.
-unresolved disagreement: If there is a disagreement, we need to act quickly and kindly with maturity and love.
This is a heavy topic week. We watched a video about Royce White, a pro basketball palyer who has OCD and generalized anxiety disorder, and discussed stigmas related to the issues our group deals with. Here is a current news article on him:http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/8462653/royce-white-houston-rockets-agree-innovative-travel-plan

And we finished off with highs and lows.
Have a great week! Good luck with midterms!

TWLOHA Minutes 9/28/12

Our meeting was led by our fabulous ghost president, Elizabeth (but she is a friendly ghost). Carolyn, Katherine, Katie, Remi, Elizabeth, and Danny were there.

Our icebreaker was "If you had to give up a sense, what would you give up?"

We discussed TWLOHA Day (Nov 13) and started planning and getting ready for it.

We also want to have a movie night (TBD). We spoke about which movies we watch when we are in a bad mood, which movies we watch when we are in a good mood, and which movies deal with issues that we discuss in our weekly meetings.

We finished off with support and love!

See you tomorrow!

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