Today we sit down with A. Sibel Yasar M.D., Psychiatrist at the Ascent NBI (Neurobehavioral Institute) & TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) Center. We discuss what the Ascent NBI & TMS Center does, what populations they serve, common psychiatric disorders, signs and symptoms of depression in adults and children and their specialty treatment called Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation.
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Today we sit down with President, Andrew Heilman of the Reno-Tahoe Young Professionals Network (YPN): An organization meant to cultivate and involve young professionals in the Greater Reno Tahoe region in order to retain and attract young and diverse talent. We discuss the history behind YPN, who can join, why YPN is an important piece to our community and events like the Raise the Bar mixers, Power Lunches and more.
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This week we sit down with Therapist and Community Advocate Adrienne Sutherland and Youth Enrichment Specialist Darren McKay from the Community Chest: A multifaceted non-profit based out of Virginia City who cater to the needs of people in Rural Nevada. Find out how they are increasing mental health services in the rurals, providing educational services to people who need them, inspiring community service and how they build the collaboration within the community to get it all done. This truly is a unique social service organization.
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Today we sit down with Executive Director and Founder of the Black Bear Project: A non-profit organization that provides specialized residential housing to male youth, ages 17-22, who have aged out of the foster care system. We discuss the formation of the Black Bear Project in the wake of tragedy, how the organization seeks to fill a much needed gap in the system, it's connection with Z-Pies and aspirations for the future.
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This week we sit down with former Factory Kawasaki Off-Road Professional Racer Josh Morros and his mother Teresa Morros as they discuss Josh's inspirational story of professional glory and fame to a tragic accident that would forever change his life. Going from complete paralysis to riding once again, Josh and his mom have become triumphant advocates for awareness and education around traumatic brain injury (TBI). This is one boy's story of determination and resilience as he becomes a positive role model for many just like him.
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Today we sit down with Patti Meals, Executive Director and Katie Hajec, Development Director of Care Chest of Sierra Nevada. Care Chest of Sierra Nevada is a non-profit agency that provides individuals in need with medical resources and supplies free of charge. We discuss the program overview, new programs recently added such as their Independent Living and Wellness Education Programs, their Taste for Jazz event and more
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Today we sit down with Johnny Larkins, innovator of the new smart phone app, Arm Safety Button. Arm Safety Button is a personal security system for Android phones that deters crime. It generates an incident report that has the victims name on file, timestamps the incident, notes the GPS location and automatically photographs pictures of the assailant. It operates much like a panic button. One tap, an incident report is recorded. Two taps, that information is automatically sent to emergency responders.
Johnny tells us his heartfelt journey to making this app, his mission to keep everybody safe, his relationship with social service organizations that specialize in victimization and much more.
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Josh Livingroom, Mike McClean and Leslie Castle and myself, Melanie Flores, advocates from the Public Health Alliance for Syringe Access (PHASA), discuss injection drug use in Nevada. The Public Health Alliance for Syringe Access seeks to reduce injection-related transmission of HIV, viral hepatitis and other blood borne diseases in the state of Nevada through policy reform that would allow for the legal sale, distribution, possession and safe disposal of sterile syringes.
You don't want to miss this show, Josh and Mike open up very candidly about their experiences with injection drug use, what roles harm reduction and needle exchange programs have played in their lives and how they have found their way to give back and fight for policy efforts to reduce HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis transmission and better health care resources for injection drug users. Plus Leslie touches on the public safety aspect of needle exchanges and how prescription drugs are the new gateway to heroin and needle use.
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Contact Melanie Flores, Nevada Community Organizer for PHASA at nvphasa@gmail.com
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Today we sit down with Community Organizers, Stacey Shinn and Elvira Diaz from the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada (PLAN): A non-profit organization devoted to social, economic and environmental justice in the state of Nevada. We follow up with last year's legislative efforts, recap the march from Selma to Montgomery, discuss upcoming events like the Caesar Chavez event and the May Day Rally. Plus we talk about PLAN's latest Mining Accountability Campaign. Be sure to tune in!
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