PRINCETON, NJ, September 12, 2024 – The loss of loved ones due to mental health disorders propels individuals into action to help prevent others from experiencing similar tragedies. AIR is certainly a powerful example of this – not only in its purpose overall, but also through the ongoing development of programs to educate and help…
PRINCETON, NJ, September 5, 2024 – Budget cuts in many school districts throughout New Jersey unfortunately have resulted in less funding for youth mental health education. The need for such education is clearly evident in the continually increasing rates of depression and anxiety among youth. Fortunately, two school districts – Red Bank Regional School District…
PRINCETON, NJ, August 28, 2024 – Champion of Hope Rachelle St. Phard Is a Role Model for Being the Light in Others’ Lives Soon after Rachelle St. Phard (pictured left) lost her son Coby to suicide in March 2016, she undertook many initiatives to help herself and her family, as well as many others experiencing…
PRINCETON, NJ, September 21, 2023 – Throughout her career, Nikki Casey has been dedicated to helping improve children’s mental wellbeing. She worked as a psychiatric screener, in inpatient and therapeutic after-school programs and with Prevent Child Abuse New Jersey, and has served as a social worker in the West New York School District since February…
Attitudes In Reverse team members are excited to announce our newest addition to the AIR Board of Directors, Cheryl Finger. Cheryl was raised in the North Jersey village of Ridgewood and attended Ridgewood High School with a specialty in occupational graphics. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from School of Visual Arts in NYC while studying…
Two Years…. by Erin Popolo, Community Student Advocate and AIR’s 2022 Partner in Hope Honoree As we come upon the two-year mark of the death of my daughter, I have learned so much… I have learned about myself, I have learned about the strength and kindness and resilience my daughter displayed daily, I have learned…
Ewing Schools Release: Attitudes In Reverse® and Ewing Public Schools Partner to Improve Student Mental Health and Prevent Suicide Submitted by Maria Petsos, District Supervisor of Special Education, Ewing Public Schools Thirteen years ago, Kurt and Tricia Baker and their daughter Katelyn lost Kenny, their son and brother respectively, to suicide. Soon after the…
When I asked Tricia Baker how her son committed suicide she kindly said, “We do not say ‘committed suicide.’ This stems from the old belief that suicide is a crime.” – By Mary Alice Stephenson, Contributor Style & Beauty Expert, Founder GLAM4GOOD When I asked Tricia Baker how her son committed suicide, she kindly said, “We…
Kaylee, an AIR® team member, shares with us a powerful point of view from a sibling’s perspective in remembering her sister, Emily, whom we lost too soon. On January 29, 2021, my little sister Emily Murillo chose to end her life. In her short 17 years here, she suffered a lot, from dealing with ruthless bullies…
Local Dignitaries Applaud Attitudes In Reverse® and its Life-Saving Mission at Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Annual Family (including Dogs) Event to Be Held Saturday, May 18, 2019 Attitudes In Reverse® (AIR™), a Princeton-based nonprofit whose mission is to save lives through mental-health and suicide-prevention education, commemorated the opening of its office in West Windsor, NJ, yesterday.…