Rural Mental Health Connections Webinar Series
Rural Mental Health Resilience Program Launch Webinar
Watch the Video of the Webinar:
0:00 - 4:20: Introduction - Julie Lux, Rural Minds VP of Communications | Moderator
4:20 - 9:00: Susan Hanks, President of the Rio Linda Grange and CFO/Treasurer of the California State Grange, describes utilizing the RMHR Program Materials for a meeting at her Grange in California
9:00 - 16:53: Q&A with Susan Hanks
16:53 - 29:35: Chuck Stand, Rural Minds Executive Director | Guided tour of the program webpage and materials
29:35 - 31:24: A question for Chuck
31:24 - 40:20: Dave Roberts, President of Riverton Grange #169 in Barkhamsted, Connecticut describes how he has utilized the program materials and the importance of addressing mental health
40:20 - 46:56: Q&A with Dave Roberts
40:56 - 56:38: Phil Vonada, Communications Director for The National Grange, continues the guided tour of the program webpage and materials
56:38 - 58:46: Final Questions
58:46 - 1:00:06: Conclusion | Final Words | Acknowledgements
Presented by:
Recognizing the self-reliance and do-it-yourself mindset that are common among many people living in rural America, the Rural Mental Health Resilience Program provides a toolkit with free mental health information, resources and training to help rural residents improve mental health in their communities.
This webinar features the experience of those who have already used the program to start a conversation about mental health in their rural communities. In addition to sharing best practices and hosting a Q&A session, we briefly demonstrate how to easily access materials on the program’s webpage so you can:
Empower yourself and others with the knowledge to become part of the solution for improving rural mental health and reducing the stigma surrounding mental illness in your community.
Know the facts about rural mental health challenges, mental illness and suicide.
Confront the mental health emergency in your local community and throughout rural America.
Encourage or lead difficult conversations about mental illness and suicide that must be heard.
Serve as a trusted source of information so you can help your family, friends and community.
The webinar was moderated by Rural Minds Vice President of Communications Julie Lux.
Presenters:
Dave Roberts
Member, National Grange e-Membership Working Group
The National Grange’s appointed representative to the United Nations Council of Organizations, Executive Committee Administrator and Treasurer
If you or someone you know is suicidal or in emotional distress, call or text 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org. The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline connects you with a trained crisis counselor who can help. It is free, confidential, and available 24/7.
If you have a life-threatening emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest hospital emergency room.
ArchivES of past webinars
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November 8, 2023: Managing Mental Illness in Rural America
CHRISA HICKEY,
Author, speaker and mental health advocateMONICA TAYLOR-DESIR, MD, MPHPsychiatrist, Mayo Clinic
This webinar presents one woman’s lived experience with managing her adult son’s mental illness and overcoming barriers to mental healthcare in rural Wisconsin, and a community psychiatrist sharing her expertise treating patients in rural America.
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September 19, 2023: Rural Suicide Awareness & Prevention Training Webinar
BECKY WISEMAN, LCSW-R
NY FarmNet Family Consultant Case SupervisorThis webinar provides suicide awareness and prevention training from Becky Wiseman, LCSW-R, a mental health professional with an approach that’s relevant to people living in rural communities.
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June 21, 2023: MENTAL HEALTH SLEEP, NUTRITION, EXERCISE AND MINDFULNESS
JOSEPH DZIERZEWSKI, PhD
National Sleep FoundationDAWN GRITTMAN, PharmD, CPHQ
National Alliance on Mental IllnessEM SKEHILL
Mental Health AmericaThis webinar focuses on the mental and physical health benefits of sunlight, sleep, nutrition, exercise and mindfulness. We will also share tips about how to help boost mind and body wellness.ere
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May 10, 2023: RURAL MENTAL HEALTH CAREGIVER CHALLENGES WEBINAR
TRAVIS CARLSON
Writer and FilmmakerBRITTNEE HENRY
Mental Health Caregiver and Advocate Communications and Marketing ProfessionalThis webinar features two rural caregivers sharing their stories of lived experience providing care for their loved ones, and free resources for the mental wellness of rural caregivers
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September 13, 2022: Rural Suicide Awareness and Prevention webinar
MONICA KRAMER McCONKEY, Professional Counselor
NATHAN LAWSON, Farmer and Rural Mental Health Advocate
This webinar features people from rural America sharing their experiences of being personally impacted by suicide, information to help prevent suicide and free resources for rural mental health and suicide awareness and prevention.
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May 24, 2022: Intro, Pete Pompper; Spotlight on Jeff "Ditz" Ditzenberger
FOUNDER, TUGS
Pete Pompper, National Grange Community Service Director, provides an overview of the National Grange and the partnership with Rural Minds to provide mental health resources to rural communities. Jeff “Ditz” Ditzenberger, a Wisconsin farmer who shares about his personal experience with attempting suicide, living with mental illness, and founding TUGS, a mental health nonprofit.
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April 13, 2022: The Power Of Sharing Lived Experiences
PANEL OF MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
Content for this webinar focused on the power of sharing lived experience and confronting mental health challenges. In addition to a personal story about overcoming mental illness and attempted suicide, the event featured medical validation of the benefits of peer support for mental health and access to relevant information and services.
Speakers: Jeff "Ditz" Ditzenberger (TUGS), Mark A Frye, MD and Pravesh Sharma, MD (both from Mayo Clinic), Michael Pollock (DBSA), Jeff Winton (Rural Minds)
The Rural Mental Health Connections webinar series focuses on such topics as:
Lived experiences of people trying to end the stigma surrounding mental illness
The value of participating in peer support groups and sharing lived experience with mental illness
The impact of digital healthcare technology and telemental healthcare services
Initiatives and expansion of national support group networks with launch of rural mental health support groups
Collaboration for greater education and less stigma around mental illness by talking about it openly
Community resources for dealing with mental illness and family mental health support
Q&A about mental illness and trends in rural mental health
