Jamie Tworkowski, founder of To Write Love on Her Arms, will speak at the Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ next week.<\/p>\n
His presentation will begin at 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 26, in the Cape Florida Ballroom of the Student Union. The event is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n
TWLOHA is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping those who suffer from addiction, self-injury, depression and suicidal thoughts find treatment and recovery.<\/p>\n
Founded in Central Florida in 2006, the nonprofit started as a movement to sell t-shirts to help Tworkowski\u2019s friend Renee Yohe, who battled addiction, depression and other issues, pay for treatment.<\/p>\n
Since its founding, the organization has helped more than 150,000 people in over 40 countries find hope and help for their issues. \u201cRenee,\u201d a film inspired by Yohe and the founding of TWLOHA, was filmed in Central Florida earlier this year.<\/p>\n
Tworkowski\u2019s talk is sponsored by the Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ Campus Activities Board.<\/p>\n
After speaking, Tworkowski will answer questions and meet with audience members.\u00a0 Cocoa Beach musician Damien Suomi also will perform.<\/p>\n
Suicide is the second leading cause of death among college and university students.<\/p>\n
Designed to educate the Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ community about suicide prevention, the Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ Counseling Center offers the Questions, Persuade, Refer program. The program, a one-hour presentation, teaches people how to recognize the signs of suicide and the three basic principles that can help save a life.<\/p>\n
QPR is nationally recognized as a \u201cBest Practices\u201d program by the Joint Commission on Accreditation on Health Care Organizations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jamie Tworkowski, founder of To Write Love on Her Arms, will speak at the Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ next week. His presentation will begin at 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 26, in the Cape Florida Ballroom of the Student Union. The event is free and open to the public. TWLOHA is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping those who suffer from…","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":27737,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[685],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-27734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-campus-activities-board"],"yoast_head":"\n