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THE 7(TH ANNUAL
RABBI B. BENEDICT & ADA S. GLAZER
INSTITUTE ON JUDAISM

For the Catholic, Protestant, Eastern Orthodox, Muslim and Jewish Clergy

HEATHER IRISH

Founder and Director of MINDS
- and -

RABBI DANIEL B. SYME

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"Combating Bullying, Cruelty,
Depression and Suicide
Among Young People —
A Religious imperative."

- speaking on

HEATHER IRISH

RABBI DANIEL B. SYME

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2012
MAAS CHAPEL

- PROGRAM OF THE DAY -

9:30 am: Rabbi Daniel S ynte
10:45 am: Heather Irish

Lunch following the program. Walk ins are welcome, $15 per person.
Please RSVP to Tina Crozier at (248)-865-0602 or tcrozier@tbeonline.org

The Institute is made possible through the Merton & Beverly Segal and Marvin & Peggy Novick Heritage Endowment Gi

BETH & JAMIE MICHELSON JR., CHAIRS

Joining Rabbi Daniel B. Syme as a presenter at the Institute will be Heather M. Irish, Founder and CEO of The
MINDS Program, a non- profit that educates teenagers about mental illnesses and suicide prevention. Currently, MINDS
operates in 120 schools, in 12 Michigan counties. Last year, it reached over 15,000 students with its message of hope, help
and recovery.
After years of watching a family member suffer with a mental illness, and then experiencing her own depression, Ms.
Irish gathered doctors, educators, social workers, and business leaders to create MINDS, currently the only evidence-based
mental health education and suicide prevention program working in Michigan schools.
Ms. Irish has presented The MINDS Program research at the American Psychiatric Association conference in New
York City, The American Association of Suicidology in Washington D.C., the Biederman Conference at the University of
Michigan, and The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Toronto. MINDS is also a research partner
with The University of Michigan.
"We reach students and address the root causes of these problems before they stop caring about school, before they
display violent or risk taking behaviors, before they start abusing drugs and alcohol, before they become involved in the
juvenile justice system, and before they start thinking about suicide," says Irish. "The MINDS program works to promote
sound mental and physical health in adolescents by teaching them the truth about mental illnesses, that they are treatable
medical disorders, and by showing them how to get help in their communities."

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