WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:15.630 --> 00:00:17.490 Sam Taylor: Hi, my name is Sam Taylor. 00:00:17.490 --> 00:00:19.860 My pronouns are she and her, and I'm the manager of community 00:00:19.860 --> 00:00:21.690 engagement at Jefferson Center. 00:00:22.110 --> 00:00:24.810 So we all share this same desire to be connected. 00:00:25.695 --> 00:00:29.654 In fact, did you know that being connected that connectedness is one 00:00:29.654 --> 00:00:33.165 of the most effective protective factors for suicide prevention? 00:00:33.464 --> 00:00:36.644 Keeping people safe sometimes even long before they might be struggling 00:00:36.644 --> 00:00:40.515 or thinking about suicide, but what does that mean to be connected? 00:00:40.875 --> 00:00:44.805 It's different for different people, but it means being connected to 00:00:44.805 --> 00:00:47.175 friends, family, your community. 00:00:47.655 --> 00:00:52.335 It means being kind to everyone around you, even if that person is a stranger. 00:00:52.455 --> 00:00:56.445 And it means being connected to the right resources that are gonna 00:00:56.445 --> 00:01:00.735 support our physical, mental, emotional, and social wellbeing. 00:01:01.635 --> 00:01:05.295 Each day we all have the opportunity to be connected. 00:01:05.444 --> 00:01:09.554 To get connected ourselves, to help others around us feel connected and 00:01:09.554 --> 00:01:14.294 like they belong, and to share resources with the people who are around us. 00:01:14.505 --> 00:01:17.354 You are the right person to be connected.