SUICIDE PREVENTION TIPS
With a 60% increase in deaths by suicide in the past ten years, it is imperative to discover ways to help ourselves and our loved ones. During September, National Suicide Prevention Month, join us as Local Clinical Psychologist Quentin Stubbins, Ph.D. explains suicide and strategies to prevent it.
Quentin L. Stubbins, PhD is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with East End Counseling Group in the Richmond area where he works with children, teens, and young to middle-aged adults who have a variety of mental health concerns such as anxiety, depression, ADHD, anger, adjustment/transition, relationships, and men’s issues using evidence-based therapeutic practices. Dr. Stubbins’ goal is to share mental health information with the community to improve the community’s understanding of mental health and help others live healthy lives.
Light Refreshments will be provided. This event is Open and Free to the public. Registration is suggested but not required.
- Date:
- Tuesday, September 10, 2024
- Time:
- 6:30pm - 7:45pm
- Location:
- Hull Street Meeting Room
- Categories:
- Lectures & Talks
- Audience:
- Adults Seniors Teen (Grade 6-12) Tween (Grade 4-6)
Meldon Jenkins-Jones is the Richmond Public Library / Community Services Manager at Hull Street Branch Library.
Meldon also chairs the Get Lit Advisory Committee which supports the Richmond Public Library Get Lit Reading Initiatives including the Black Male Emergent Readers (BMER) program and the Lit Chicks Read book clubs.
Meldon is a graduate of the Leadership Metro Richmond Class of 2022. She was the first recipient of the Virginia Library Association (VLA) Librarians of Color Forum Award in 2021 and is an active member of VLA. She presented “Libraries Bringing Community Together” at the 2023 VLA Annual Conference.
In 2011, Meldon received her Master of Library and Information Studies from Florida State University. She received her Juris Doctor degree from Rutgers University School of Law—Newark and practiced law in New Jersey until her retirement in 2003. Meldon received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she studied African American Studies and Russian Civilization.
A Metro Richmond resident, Meldon is the mother of two adult children and enjoys spending time with her grandchildren.
