ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH: Gun Violence Intervention Meeting

By Press release submission

Oct 28, 2021

Anne Arundel County Department of Health issued the following announcement on Oct. 27.

#GunViolenceIntervention Meeting Addresses #SafeGun Storage and #SuicidePrevention. The #AnneArundelCounty Gun Violence Intervention Team will host its fall community meeting on Thurs, Oct. 28, 2021 from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. via Zoom. tinyurl.com/GVITOct28

The meeting, which is free and open to the general public, will feature an introduction by Health Officer Nilesh Kalyanaraman, M.D. There will be updates from the GVIT’s #data; #education and policy; and environment and community safety workgroups. Trends regarding local gun-related incidents will also be reported.

A representative from the local chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a grassroots organization to protect people from gun violence, will present a #BeSmart session on safe gun storage. The Be Smart session will focus on gun safety and will not discuss politics, laws or policies related to gun ownership and use.

The meeting will conclude with a 30-minute Train the Trainer session on suicide prevention. By the end of this training, attendees will understand the leading research on suicide prevention; be familiar with available local and national resources; and know how to talk about and intervene to help prevent suicides.

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