Ryan Sharratt
19:06 - 19:28
“I'm asking this assembly to help bring together providers, schools, businesses, and community organizations and make this conversation part of ongoing work. Our borough code already recognizes a mental health role. Please establish mental health and suicide prevention as a standing agenda item with substantial monthly discussions.”
- Speaker
- Ryan Sharratt
- Timestamp
- 19:06 – 19:28
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Kodiak
- Captured at
From the transcript
People should leave with practical tools, trusted contacts, and opportunities to stay involved. Long afterwards. I'm asking this assembly to help bring together providers, schools, businesses, and community organizations and make this conversation part of ongoing work. Our borough code already recognizes a mental health role. Please establish mental health and suicide prevention as a standing agenda item with substantial monthly discussions.
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