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The panelists for Heroin Response were: (L–R) Substance Abuse Coordinator for the Department of Corrections Diana Harris, parent Tom Heard and CEO of Bridgeway Behavioral Health Michael Morrison.
“Stay Tuned relies on participation from the entire community to effect change,” says Kirchherr in the program. “We want to have a conversation. We hope you’ll join us.” Adds Shaw, “Wouldn’t it be great that as a result of Stay Tuned, as a result of the mobilization of the community... that good things actually do happen?” Stay Tuned airs on Nine PBS Thursdays at 9:00 p.m. and is repeated Saturdays at 2:00 a.m.
Responding to Heroin In two programs in November— Heroin Response and Stay Tuned—the Nine Network explored the region’s heroin epidemic with the goals of reducing the stigma of heroin addiction, increasing understanding about how the drug lures victims and connecting the community to resources. Nine measured the success of the programs through surveys of in-studio audiences and analysis of social media. The measurements demonstrated a huge impact. From Heroin Response, 88 percent of in-studio viewers stated that they had a better appreciation of how people nineNet.org
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MLA Saturday Lectures: Tolerance and Civic Discourse
get involved in heroin, 88 percent stated that they better understood how heroin affects their community and a majority of audience members reported an increase in knowledge as to where to go for help. Stay Tuned realized similar success, with 54 percent of viewers reporting a better understanding of why heroin is a public health issue and 73 percent stating that they learned how to recognize signs of heroin use. The phone number of Behavioral Health Response (BHR) appeared on screen during the broadcasts. BHR reported that 60 calls were directly attributed to the town hall broadcast. Approximately 30 of the callers who needed services were identified by BHR as individuals who “would not have reached out that night if not for the program.”
The Master of Liberal Arts (MLA) Saturday Lecture Series is sponsored by the Master of Liberal Arts program and University College. This year’s MLA Lecture Series continues our consideration of values, turning our attention to “tolerance,” and drawing upon perspectives from Classics, Law, Psychology, and Literature to examine this crucial social and political virtue.
February 2
Debating the Altar of Victory: An Early Discourse on the Limits of Tolerance George Pepe, Professor of Classics
February 9
Radical Ideas and Constructive Discourse in Free Speech Theory Greg Magarian, Professor of Law
February 16
The Psychology of Stereotypes, Perception, and Identity Alan J. Lambert, Associate Professor of Psychology
February 23
Before the Beginning: Ideology, Civility, and Israeli Literature Nancy Berg, Professor of Hebrew Language and Literature
Heroin Response and the heroin episode of Stay Tuned were part of Nine’s ongoing health initiative, which is supported by the Regional Health Commission.
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