Meg Kissinger is a remarkable woman. She is an established hardworking credible journalist, but more importantly she has been working on improving the mental illness care in Milwaukee. Kissinger is someone who understands first hand how mental illness can effect someone's life and how hard it can be. She lost two siblings to depression when they took their own lives. Instead of letting this destroy her she is advocating a better system to care for individuals suffering from mental illness. This topic and her story was something I can relate too, even though sometimes I wish I didn't.
My uncle Craig took his life when he was a sophomore in college. I was never given the chance to meet him or get to know him. It still pains my father to talk about him. The only thing I ever heard about him was what a promising future he had and what a wonderful young man he was. It is still very difficult for me to see how his death still hurts my father's side of the family.Which is why watching and experiencing how Meg Kissinger is taking her background and utilizing it in a positive way.
In journalism 1550 the class will be working on projects and interviews for each aspect of the process of entering and exiting mental health care. To hopefully change the Milwaukee mental health care system improve for the better. The ultimate goal for me and her work would be to help eliminate some of the stigmas that follow a mental illness.
My uncle Craig took his life when he was a sophomore in college. I was never given the chance to meet him or get to know him. It still pains my father to talk about him. The only thing I ever heard about him was what a promising future he had and what a wonderful young man he was. It is still very difficult for me to see how his death still hurts my father's side of the family.Which is why watching and experiencing how Meg Kissinger is taking her background and utilizing it in a positive way.
In journalism 1550 the class will be working on projects and interviews for each aspect of the process of entering and exiting mental health care. To hopefully change the Milwaukee mental health care system improve for the better. The ultimate goal for me and her work would be to help eliminate some of the stigmas that follow a mental illness.