THANK YOU

Many people contributed their reporting, professional expertise, and personal experience to “How to Talk About Feeling Ba d.”

Kelly Rio, Amelia Phommachanh, Bryan Raymundo, Kate Radley and Shannon Littlejohn recounted their personal experience on the record. Allison, Mary, Jenny, Amanda, Beth, Lori, Lisa and Kali experience, ideas, resources and encouragement.

Jessica Provines and Ragan Snyder-Smith shared their expertise as mental health professionals. "Share, Ask, Support" is based on the Suspenders4Hope suicide prevention campaign developed by Provines and her colleagues at Wichita State.

CityArts and the Ulrich Museum of Art have been enthusiastic institutional supporters of this project. Both have hosted events in collaboration with the Wichita Journalism Collaborative

Jenny Venn designed and managed the production of this publication, which includes illustrations by 12 Wichita-based artists and designers:

German Andrade

Geli Chavez

Danny Echo wichitajournalis m.org to learn more about our distribution partners.

Reporting by Megan Stringer and Celia Hack informed the resources listed in this guide.

Genna Gehring

Paris Jane

Lindsey Kernodle

Honeybee O’Gee

Carlos Palomino

Brittany Schaar

Dale Small

Austin Storie

Allison Stucky

WJC Project Manager Maren Berblinger of the Kansas Leadership Center and WJC intern Jordan Plowman were instrumental in planning events and spreading the word about this project.

Translation by Claudia Yaujar-Amaro and Ahida Velasco of AB&C Bilingual Resources, LLC; Fidel Serrano; and edited by Michael Roehrman.

Finally, “How to Talk About Feeling Bad” is the brainchild of Chris Green, editor of The Journal at the Kansas Leadership Center and project manager for the WJC.

Funding for “How to Talk About Feeling B ad” was provided by: