IMPACT STIGMA

Join us for this special episode of Impact Stigma as we talk with Adam Dickson, Supervisor of the Langston Centre, a facility promoting multicultural awareness. Langston Centre sits on the site of the former Langston High School, Johnson City, TN's black high school from 1893-1965. He is an Adjunct Instructor of Political Science at East TN State University. For 16 years he has taught the course “Black American Political Thought” which examines black political ideology and the role of race in American political development. He also currently serves as Vice-Mayor for the Town of Jonesborough, TN, and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Carson-Newman University and obtained his Master of Public Administration degree from East Tennessee State University in 2004. Juneteenth is a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, observed annually on June 19. Mr. Dickson is an avid historian and taught us a thing or two. Listen to find out why August 8th is so important for Black Americans in Appalachia and what Mr. Dickson’s favorite childhood memory. Thank you to Food City for sponsoring this episode of Impact Stigma.

Are you a parent, coach or physician of a student athlete? Dr. Emily Campbell, physician with Holston Medical Group, shares about the importance of including mental health in every aspect of physical health practice. Her refreshing perspective on the effects of physical injury on the mental health of student and professional athletes is one that should be shared with every parent, coach and physician. She is Board Certified in Family and Lifestyle Medicine and fellowship trained in Sports Medicine. Dr. Campbell is also the lead sports medicine physician at King University and Virginia High Schools. She serves on the Holston Medical Group Board of Directors and has also served on the Board of Directors for Girls on the Run Northeast Tennessee. Dr. Campbell has received the Tri-Cities Business Journal 40 Under 40 award and her primary work is serving patients in both Primary Care, Non-Surgical Orthopedics, and Sports Medicine. Thank you to Food City for sponsoring this episode of Impact Stigma.

Join us for Season 3, Episode 3 of Impact Stigma as we host Brandy Milhorn, Master Scheduler with Bell Helicopter. May is Foster Care Awareness Month so tune in as she shares her personal journey as a foster parent with all of our listeners. Her story is as informative as it is inspirational. You don’t want to miss this moving episode and be sure to subscribe for more! Thank you to our sponsor, Food City!

Season 3 of Impact Stigma is all about sharing stories with familiar names and faces from our local community leaders! We are connecting with community leaders from NETN and SWVA with laughter and stories while we shed light on mental health stigma. For Episode 2, our special guest grew up in rural South West Virginia and graduated with degrees in business management and mass communications from Emory & Henry College. She has more than 21 years of experience working with nonprofit organizations and served on several boards and committees in the community, including United Way Bristol and Kingsport, and was named a 40-under-40 honoree. In addition, the Grundy, Virginia, native served as Marketing Director for William King Museum and the Program Director for Keep Bristol Beautiful at the Bristol Chamber. Before becoming the new CEO of the Boys & Girls Club of the Mountain Empire, she served as regional director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee. We are honored to host Kathy Lowdermilk on Episode 2 of Impact Stigma.

Our new season of Impact Stigma brings new voices to our listeners! We have invited community leaders from all over Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee to share their stories for Season 3 of our Impact Stigma podcast! Our first special guest keeps us laughing the whole time while he shares his love for Tillamook Strawberry Ice Cream, yoga and his personal journey to sobriety after years of addiction. Join us for this real conversation about stepping out of the past and discovering a true passion for helping others see that recovery is possible.

Be sure to subscribe to our podcast and share it with your friends and family because you never know who it might inspire. We can’t wait for you to join us!

This past year was one for the books and we are so grateful for the support of our fans, our guests and our sponsors. Join Jennifer and Josh as they say goodbye to Season 2 with a few laughs, grateful hearts and some great news about the upcoming Season 3 of our award-winning podcast, Impact Stigma!

Frontier Health Foundation and Impact Stigma are excited to bring a very special episode to our faithful listeners!!! This is the episode we have been so excited about because we are announcing our big secret along with a special surprise for everyone! The last 18 months have been hard for all of us. That is why we wanted to do something really cool that brings all of Northeast TN and Southwest VA together as one big community. Nothing brings people together like awesome music, great food and a sense real of purpose. The Frontier Health Foundation is officially having a Big Event! Listen as we make our announcement and share time with two very special guests!! You have to listen to find out but check out the links for a clue! Enjoy and we will see you all in November!

https://www.frontierhealthfoundation.org/eunoia/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pocyxlNOxdw

Our 8th episode of season 2 on Impact stigma is all about early childhood behavioral and neurodevelopmental issues in children. The stigma and heartache parents face from the world and their families, friends and themselves is exhausting so we are talking about it. We are giving those parents a voice and having a great conversation talking about younger kiddos and their parents. Frontier Health has a fabulous free internationally recognized parent-implemented program that helps parents work with their own children with behavioral and neurodevelopmental issues. Come and listen while we laugh and dig deep with Regional Intervention Program Resource Consultant and a Case Manager for Holston Children and Youth, Rebecca Roosa! You don’t want to miss this one!

https://www.frontierhealth.org/directory/frontier-health-holston-children-youth-services/

Thank you to our Episode Sponsor: Food City! www.foodcity.com Food City is an American supermarket chain with stores located in Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Virginia. It is owned by K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc., a privately held family and employee-owned corporation headquartered in Abingdon, Virginia.

To become a sponsor, go to our website below and find out more.

Become a Sponsor! https://www.frontierhealthfoundation.org/podcast-sponsorships/

ATTENTION ALL PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS!!! This episode of Impact Stigma was made just for you! Mental health issues affecting children and youth in our communities and across the world is certainly not a new concept, however, with a dramatic increase directly related to the struggles and stress of dealing with COVID-19 our children’s mental wellbeing is more important than ever. We must be their mental health champions!

For this episode, we share how stigma specifically effects children and youth in need of mental health treatment, how to better communicate with them, and we share types of treatment that actually work. Our guest today is the Site Director for Frontier Health’s Adventure Program. This program is for youth under 17 that are struggling with substance use disorder and have a cooccurring mental health issue as well. Maranda Conner has her MS, LPC, LPC-MHSP, EMDR Certified, CSOTP and is almost finished with her EMDRIA Consultant Training.

Maranda is quite passionate about her “Babies” as she calls them and is joining us to share her personal story and talk with us about how mental health stigma is stopping our children and youth from getting help. She shares sound advice for parents and caregivers about effective communication when talking about mental health and what we can all do to Impact Stigma!

Thank you to our Episode Sponsor: Food City! www.foodcity.com Food City is an American supermarket chain with stores located in Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Virginia. It is owned by K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc., a privately held family and employee-owned corporation headquartered in Abingdon, Virginia.

To become a sponsor, go to our website below and find out more.

Become a Sponsor! https://www.frontierhealthfoundation.org/podcast-sponsorships/

May is Mental Health Awareness Month along with Foster Care Awareness Month! Join us for Season 2, Episode 6 of Impact Stigma as we welcome our two special guests from Frontier Health’s two therapeutic foster care programs, Traces representing Northeast Tennessee and Values representing Southwest Virginia.

Courtney Mauk is the TRACES Parent Trainer and Recruiter for Northeast TN and Jessica Keith is the VALUES Therapeutic Foster Care Coordinator for Southwest, VA. Foster care is a topic that unfortunately has been riddled with negative stigma in the media, movies and the news. This is a message we hope spreads far and wide! We loved this conversation and had such a wonderful time with both ladies!

We are honored to announce our first Impact Stigma Podcast Episode Sponsor, Food City! Thank you to Food City for sponsoring 5 upcoming episodes of Impact Stigma and for your continued support for the Frontier Health Foundation! If you would like to learn more about becoming a sponsor, please go to our website to find out more.

Foster Care Links:

Values Therapeutic Foster Care: https://www.frontierhealth.org/foster/values/

Traces Therapeutic Foster Care: https://www.frontierhealth.org/foster/traces/

Resources and Outreach: https://isaiah117house.com/

SPONSORSHIP:

This Episode is Sponsored by: www.foodcity.com

Become A Sponsor: https://www.frontierhealthfoundation.org/podcast-sponsorships/