{"id":12463,"date":"2019-04-04T22:02:27","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T22:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pearson.immtcnj.com\/wordpress\/?p=12463"},"modified":"2019-04-04T22:03:05","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T22:03:05","slug":"12463","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pearson.immtcnj.com\/wordpress\/2019\/04\/12463\/","title":{"rendered":"Out of the Darkness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Audio Story<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By:\u00a0<\/strong><em>Timothy Ryan<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As what will be shown in the interview embedded directly below, this upcoming Sunday at 9AM on Alumni Grove, TCNJ will be hosting its first ever \u2018Out of the Darkness\u2019 walk with the goal to raise awareness and donations for those suffering with suicidal ideation and families that have been affected by suicide in any shape or form.<\/p>\n<p>This recording took place this Thursday morning on TCNJ\u2019s campus, just days before the event.<\/p>\n<p>The transcript to the entire conversation is right below the embedded link.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Audio Project - TCNJ by ryant10\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F601086222&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=975&#038;maxwidth=650\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Transcript:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Timothy: <\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This upcoming Sunday at 9AM, TCNJ\u2019s community &#8211; students, parents and professors all like &#8211; are going to TCNJ\u2019s first ever \u2018Out of the Darkness\u2019 walk in the aim to raise awareness of what individuals can do to support loved ones with suicidal ideation and support the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention\u2019s programs with the overall goal to lower United States\u2019 suicide rate by twenty-percent over the next five to ten years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here we have fine-arts major Lucia Gardiner who will be attending the event this weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lucia, is there anything specific that you want to talk about?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Lucia:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b> <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I couldn\u2019t tell you how glad I was when I saw that TCNJ was finally taking action against something that I\u2019d honestly call an epidemic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There is ostensibly no reason why we should lose what I believe are four individual lives to suicide in only a single year. It\u2019s frightening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yet I\u2019m glad that as of right now according to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention\u2019s website, TCNJ has raised over eight-thousand-dollars out of more than three-hundred-forty unique participants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> This is over three-thousand-dollars more than TCNJ\u2019s initial goal of five-thousand-dollars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All I can say is that I\u2019ll be there, and so should you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Timothy:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There isn\u2019t much more anyone can say about that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here we also have graphic design major and IMM minor Cecelia George, who we think also will have their unique say regarding Sunday\u2019s walk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Cecelia:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Well, what I thought specifically was cool is that when you get to the walk, you can take as many necklace beads as you want called \u2018Honor Beads.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can take one of each color, and each color has a comprehensive definition to it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For example, the blue beads simply mean that you support suicide prevention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I expect everyone there is gonna go for that one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yet you also have gold beads which are symbolic for the loss of a parent and purple beads which symbolize the loss of a friend or a relative.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You have white beads for the loss of a child and the list just goes on and on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u2019s refreshing to see the TCNJ community come together and work against an issue as pressing as this one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Timothy:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I agree with you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hopefully we can start seeing changes for the better starting from the ground up over the remainder of this semester and the following months to come.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Again, the event is taking place at 9AM this Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We sincerely hope that you can make it.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Audio Story By:\u00a0Timothy Ryan &nbsp; As what will be shown in the interview embedded directly below, this upcoming Sunday at 9AM on Alumni Grove, TCNJ will be hosting its first ever \u2018Out of the Darkness\u2019 walk with the goal to raise awareness and donations for those suffering with suicidal ideation and families that have been affected by suicide in any shape or form. This recording took place this Thursday morning on TCNJ\u2019s campus, just days before the event. The transcript to the entire conversation is right below the embedded link. &nbsp; Transcript: &nbsp; Timothy: This upcoming Sunday at 9AM, TCNJ\u2019s community &#8211; students, parents and professors all like &#8211; are going to TCNJ\u2019s first ever \u2018Out of the Darkness\u2019 walk in the aim to raise awareness of what individuals can do to support loved ones with suicidal ideation and support the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention\u2019s programs with the overall goal to lower United States\u2019 suicide rate by twenty-percent over the next five to ten years. Here we have fine-arts major Lucia Gardiner who will be attending the event this weekend. Lucia, is there anything specific that you want to talk about? \u00a0 Lucia: Yes! 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