President Matt opened the meeting at 07:30 and greeter Melissa shared some inspiration with a poem “To Laugh Often and Much” by Ralph Waldo Emmerson.
Guests: Joya Dennehy, guest of Ben Kiniry, Liam Miller, current Interact President
Announcements:
Chris Parkinson - $20 for being away for 25 days to Hawaii, Tahiti and French Polynesia. Had a great 24 days and got sick on the 25th day with pneumonia. It was a great trip – went to Hawaii with 2 grandkids and their parents – great day in Pearl Harbor, while the catamaran dinner cruise left most of them sea sick. They held an impromptu rotary meeting on the ship – 2 other club members meeting in piano bar. He also gave a Polynesian Orana for Melissa.
Gerry Carrier – 4 hrs in Vermont trying to get back from the Eclipse
Bob Couch – Got his cast off after 6 weeks and will be in a boot for 4 weeks. He will be able to do full weight bearing in a week and a half.
Tom Ives – In Newport, VT for the eclipse. Spent the night in Woodstock, NH – drive up was fine (2 hrs), 5-6 hr trip back.
Tamar Roberts– She made boat reservations for August, will be gone to Newfoundland almost the whole month and is excited to be going by herself.
Vanessa Palange – She is finding herself for being late last week with the bulletin. She also gave an ‘I told you so’ to all those who were driving for the eclipse. She survived the eclipse/snow/Seabrook station Armageddon of last week AND put together her first press conference from start to finish involving the governor. Excited to have a weekend.
John Ruggles – He walked from his house and got 97% of eclipse
Ryan Anastasi – Excited to be starting the day with Rotary. He also needs recommendations on a carpenter – his shed is boarded up but no door. Need siding, trim, and a door.
Dick Swett – He was in the 6 hr crowd with Gerry for the eclipse. He and family went to Williston VT. Honored that Judge Broderick is speaking, as he has been a mentor in his life and a dear friend.
Judy Goodnow introduced Judge John Broderick – Rotary International Mental Health Action Group was originally created to deal with the result of conflict and war in other countries. Many who need treatment do not seek it nor is it readily available. The hope is that involvement by Rotary clubs will reduce the stigma and more people will be comfortable talking about mental health and seek treatment.
John Broderick is the Senior Director of External Affairs at Dartmouth Health and former Chief Justice of NH Supreme Court. He is seeking to change the conversation around mental illness to destigmatize it.
Judge Broderick shared that he has had some amazing professional experiences and this is the most important work of his professional life. In the world he is from no one discussed mental health. He didn’t see mental illness when it came into his own house and impacted his son. They talked to the experts who shared that his son is an alcoholic. The good news was the family came through it and healed as a family. His son taught him so much about mental health. He didn’t do much about mental health for awhile but 8 years ago he got involved in a campaign. Barbara Van Dahlen – Times 100 list 2012 – she had an idea to make the 5 most common sides of mental health as widely known as the signs for heart attack or stroke.
His son was in favor of him doing it even with their family story coming up. He ventured out onto the stage of mental health. They launched the campaign on May 23rd 2016. Mental Health awareness announcement – house chamber was packed. Distinguished members of community were there. Barbara asked, “Anyone in this chamber who has been untouched by mental health, please raise your hand” Not one hand went up.
Statistics – 1 in 5 adolescents has a diagnosable mental health problem, 1 in 5 adults too. More police officers and first responders died by suicide than any other cause in line of duty combined.
What are we doing about it? Launched campaign – waited to be invited to speak. Last 7.5 years have spoken 800 times. Visited 300+ MS and HS.
65% in women’s prison in NH have a diagnosable mental health disorder, 20% in the community at large. Not a coincidence those numbers exist behind bars. Most people with mental health disorders will not commit a crime – they are CEOs, clergy and your neighbors. We need to change and talk about mental health.
When Judge Broderick talks to kids he listens to them and encourages us to do the same. They will come up to him and are open. There are a lot of reasons for adolescent mental health (trauma, ACEs, etc.) He believes a lot is socially and culturally induced. Anxiety and depression are epidemic among young people.
Look at the changes that have happened because we are brave and strong enough to talk about things (breast cancer, AIDS….). But we aren’t there with mental health – we are better than we used to be, but haven’t arrived. It affects far more people and families. He is going to use his voice as often as he can.
Childhood has changed in this country and around the world. Over structuring, over competing, overscheduling kids. Too many kids who feel the pressure to succeed. Encourages kids to talk with their parents (or a counselor at school). Childhood has a purpose. We are building fences around kids.
Kids are under stress that many of us never dealt with. Most kids today spend 4-8 hrs a day on a screen.
Message – some kids aren’t allowed to live the childhood they have. We could fix this if we wanted to.
Statistics – half of adolescents in the US feel the have no trusted adult in their life; before COVID surveys of high schoolers by CDC in 2019 found 46.6% of HS girls said they were depressed (sad or hopeless for 2 or more consecutive weeks in the last year). 25% of HS boys were depressed. 26% of HS girls had given serious consideration to ending their own lives in the last year, 15% made plans, 11.3% attempted suicide.
What areJudy Goodnow introduced Judge John Broderick – Rotary International Mental Health Action Group was originally created to deal with the result of conflict and war in other countries. Many who need treatment do not seek it nor is it readily available. The hope is that involvement by Rotary clubs will reduce the stigma and more people will be comfortable talking about mental health and seek treatment.
John Broderick is the Senior Director of External Affairs at Dartmouth Health and former Chief Justice of NH Supreme Court. He is seeking to change the conversation around mental illness to destigmatize it.
Judge Broderick shared that he has had some amazing professional experiences and this is the most important work of his professional life. In the world he is from no one discussed mental health. He didn’t see mental illness when it came into his own house and impacted his son. They talked to the experts who shared that his son is an alcoholic. The good news was the family came through it and healed as a family. His son taught him so much about mental health. He didn’t do much about mental health for awhile but 8 years ago he got involved in a campaign. Barbara Van Dahlen – Times 100 list 2012 – she had an idea to make the 5 most common sides of mental health as widely known as the signs for heart attack or stroke.
His son was in favor of him doing it even with their family story coming up. He ventured out onto the stage of mental health. They launched the campaign on May 23rd 2016. Mental Health awareness announcement – house chamber was packed. Distinguished members of community were there. Barbara asked, “Anyone in this chamber who has been untouched by mental health, please raise your hand” Not one hand went up.
Statistics – 1 in 5 adolescents has a diagnosable mental health problem, 1 in 5 adults too. More police officers and first responders died by suicide than any other cause in line of duty combined.
What are we doing about it? Launched campaign – waited to be invited to speak. Last 7.5 years have spoken 800 times. Visited 300+ MS and HS.
65% in women’s prison in NH have a diagnosable mental health disorder, 20% in the community at large. Not a coincidence those numbers exist behind bars. Most people with mental health disorders will not commit a crime – they are CEOs, clergy and your neighbors. We need to change and talk about mental health.
When Judge Broderick talks to kids he listens to them and encourages us to do the same. They will come up to him and are open. There are a lot of reasons for adolescent mental health (trauma, ACEs, etc.) He believes a lot is socially and culturally induced. Anxiety and depression are epidemic among young people.
Look at the changes that have happened because we are brave and strong enough to talk about things (breast cancer, AIDS….). But we aren’t there with mental health – we are better than we used to be, but haven’t arrived. It affects far more people and families. He is going to use his voice as often as he can.
Childhood has changed in this country and around the world. Over structuring, over competing, overscheduling kids. Too many kids who feel the pressure to succeed. Encourages kids to talk with their parents (or a counselor at school). Childhood has a purpose. We are building fences around kids.
Kids are under stress that many of us never dealt with. Most kids today spend 4-8 hrs a day on a screen.
Message – some kids aren’t allowed to live the childhood they have. We could fix this if we wanted to.
Statistics – half of adolescents in the US feel the have no trusted adult in their life; before COVID surveys of high schoolers by CDC in 2019 found 46.6% of HS girls said they were depressed (sad or hopeless for 2 or more consecutive weeks in the last year). 25% of HS boys were depressed. 26% of HS girls had given serious consideration to ending their own lives in the last year, 15% made plans, 11.3% attempted suicide.
What are we doing about this? Silence is not the answer. If you have a mental health problem – who do you call, who pays for it?
Need our voices and our impatience. Can’t fix this by himself. We need to talk about it – that is how change happens. we doing about this? Silence is not the answer. If you have a mental health problem – who do you call, who pays for it?
Need our voices and our impatience. Can’t fix this by himself. We need to talk about it – that is how change happens.
President Matt closed the meeting with a toast to Rotary the World over.
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