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Speaker 2: in the studio, Phyllis Errands with Empire Mental Health Support.
Speaker 2: Thank you for joining me.
Speaker 1: I appreciate it morning time. Thank you.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and I'll tell you it's been really fun. We've
Speaker 2: been chatting a little bit about the organization and this
Speaker 2: is five years you've been around, yep. And let's talk
Speaker 2: before we talk about the fun event that's coming up.
Speaker 2: Let's talk about what you guys do, because I think
Speaker 2: this is fascinating.
Speaker 1: Okay, I'll give you the cliff notes version.
Speaker 2: There you go.
Speaker 1: We have support groups four times a week for people
Speaker 1: who live with a mental illness, and then one on
Speaker 1: Sunday evening for family members. That's one of the main
Speaker 1: reasons we got going is people need to, you know,
Speaker 1: talk to somebody who really understands who walks the walk.
Speaker 1: A lot of public education. I go around and say,
Speaker 1: you know, no one said the body only gets sick
Speaker 1: from the shoulders down, the head is connected to the
Speaker 1: rest of the body. And also no one grows up saying,
Speaker 1: you know, my life's goal is to live with a
Speaker 1: serious mental illness. Absolutely no, it's not a choice, no,
Speaker 1: and it's not the parent's fault that it happened. So
Speaker 1: a lot of education so that people understand better and
Speaker 1: don't feel like, you know, if you hear someone has
Speaker 1: mental illness, they're going to do something horrible. And advocacy.
Speaker 1: I've been a big advocate for decades. We really have
Speaker 1: been doing some real good work with law enforcement. We
Speaker 1: participate in the forty hour class that is offered called
Speaker 1: Crisis Intervention Team Training, helping law enforcement officers understand how
Speaker 1: to interact differently if they come upon someone having a
Speaker 1: mental health crisis and so they don't escalate the system
Speaker 1: or a situation and have to get them in jail.
Speaker 1: We provide like a panel presentation of people with lived
Speaker 1: experience with the consumers and the family members, and then
Speaker 1: I get to evaluate also on Thursday their interactions as
Speaker 1: there's some role playing going on, and word has gotten
Speaker 1: out that we do these things. So the Minnihawk County
Speaker 1: Jail has just completed two sessions of training correctional officers
Speaker 1: on how to work with it. And then we do
Speaker 1: some panel presentations at Southeast Tech and at Augie, and
Speaker 1: we do some you know to help again keep people
Speaker 1: living successfully in the community. So support education advocacy. I
Speaker 1: can go on longer, but we don't have all day. No.
Speaker 2: I appreciate it, and again Empire Mental Health Support. And
Speaker 2: the reason I wanted to make sure we let you
Speaker 2: know who they are and what they do is because
Speaker 2: now here's the chance for you to come out and
Speaker 2: support them and be a part of that in a
Speaker 2: fun way. We've got Dancing with the Soup Fall Stars
Speaker 2: on Saturday night. It's going to be here before you
Speaker 2: know it. Where will this event be held.
Speaker 1: It is held at the District. The doors open at
Speaker 1: six and we're done around nine nine thirty. You can
Speaker 1: get tickets at Dancing with Thesoup Fallstars dot org. We
Speaker 1: do have some still available. Last year we sold out,
Speaker 1: so don't don't hang on. But I tell everybody it's
Speaker 1: the night of my dreams. My husband and I took
Speaker 1: ballroom dance lessons and so of course we watched Dancing
Speaker 1: with the Stars on TV and I was fortunate enough
Speaker 1: to find the event company who knows how to put
Speaker 1: on events like this, and so yeah, so we have
Speaker 1: six local celebrities who are been practicing with six professional
Speaker 1: dancers for weeks now to absolutely stun you. People who
Speaker 1: have attended in the past you run into them six, eight,
Speaker 1: nine months later and they're like, what are you doing
Speaker 1: dancing with the stars again? Because that was so cool?
Speaker 2: Well, and again it's dancing with the Sue Fall Stars.
Speaker 2: So this is the local version, ye, And you'll get
Speaker 2: a chance to go and participate in a really fun
Speaker 2: event where you're helping raise money for great organizations.
Speaker 1: Yes, yes, you know. It is a fun fundraiser. It
Speaker 1: is the way we keep our lights on. We're all
Speaker 1: we're entirely volunteer run organization.
Speaker 2: So I love that. Well. I love what you're doing.
Speaker 2: And you've got just the kindest heart, just the sweetest
Speaker 2: lady that I've ever talked to. When you talk about
Speaker 2: all of the things that you've done in the past,
Speaker 2: just all this passion that comes through, and I can
Speaker 2: tell that you're really passionate about.
Speaker 1: What you do. I am, I am. I want to
Speaker 1: leave the sux Falls area a better place for people
Speaker 1: who live with mental illness.
Speaker 2: I love that. And you've got many years of doing this.
Speaker 2: How long have you been in this industry?
Speaker 1: Oh, let's see twenty five maybe.
Speaker 2: And again so when you hear well this Empire Mental
Speaker 2: Health Supports five years old. Well, it's built on a
Speaker 2: very nice strong foundations. It is yep, and you got
Speaker 2: a whole team of people that know what they're doing.
Speaker 1: You know, everyone involved is passionate and so you know
Speaker 1: it makes it work.
Speaker 2: Very nice. Thank you for doing what you do.
Speaker 1: Thank you John.
Speaker 2: If you'd like to learn more about their organization, the
Speaker 2: website is Empire Mentalhealth Support dot org. And then once
Speaker 2: again the website for the Sue Fall Stars.
Speaker 1: Dancing with the Soup Fallstars dot org.
Speaker 2: Very nice and I'm gonna make it easy. I'm gonna
Speaker 2: throw a link to both of those on our Facebook
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