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CALmatters Commentary: 4 priorities for new strategic plan for suicide prevention
Covid-19 has upended life as we know it, shuttering businesses, devastating families and fracturing communities. It has also left millions of people – many of them youth – more vulnerable than ever to suicide….
Lynne Ashbeck: A Life of Service
Some of the strongest influences in Lynne Ashbeck’s life came from her mother and father. They instilled in her and her sister the belief they could do anything they set their minds to do. “I was privileged to have two wonderful parents, loving, high expectations, a commitment to service,” Ashbeck said…
Lynne Ashbeck (1976, ’77), Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology
Lynne is the senior vice president of community engagement and population wellness for Valley Children’s Healthcare. A respected civic leader, she is also serving her fifth term on the Clovis City Council, including two terms as…..
Harry Armstrong’s way: Always do the right thing
Clovis City Councilman and five-time Mayor Harry Armstrong will officially retire Monday from a 50-year public service career in our community – beginning with a 1966 appointment to the Clovis Planning Commission and a 1970 election to the City Council with…
Fresno County is transforming how it helps people with mental health needs
May was Mental Health Awareness Month — September has been Suicide Prevention Month. Both are important times to recommit ourselves to our own mental health, the health of our entire community and to the mental health systems that support those who live…
Hopeless about the homeless? Don’t sit at the intersection, step up
It is easy to sit at almost any intersection in our community, spot a person we presume to be homeless, mentally ill (or both), and think to ourselves “No one is doing anything about this.” Nothing could be further from the truth. First, make no mistake…