I'm Listening - End the Stigma of Talking About Metal Health September 9th @ 7AM
Stone Temple Pilots, Charlie Puth and 30 Seconds to Mars’ Jared Leto will also participate in radio-based mental health initiative “I’m Listening”
Mike Shinoda and Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard will participate in an upcoming suicide prevention campaign.
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Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready and Stone Gossard, Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda, Stone Temple Pilots, Alessia Cara and 30 Seconds to Mars’ Jared Leto will participate in the second-annual suicide prevention and mental health awareness campaign “I’m Listening.” Radio network Entercom organized the multi-platform initiative, which will feature a two-hour broadcast special airing live on Sunday, September 9th at 7 a.m. in each time zone and via the Radio.com app, to mark the launch of National Suicide Prevention Week.
Third Eye Blind’s Stephan Jenkins, Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale, Brantley Gilbert, Bebe Rexha, Charlie Puth, former NFL player Barret Robbins and Nothing But Thieves’ Conor Mason will also participate, among others. The year-long campaign will include suicide prevention PSAs, on-air promos and a designated website with materials and info focused on ending the stigma around mental health discussion.
Shinoda, in a statement, said he presented a “journey out of grief and darkness” with his recently issued debut solo LP, Post Traumatic, which followed the suicide of his Linkin Park bandmate Chester Bennington. “In most parts of the world, suicide claims more lives than war, murder and natural disasters combined,” the vocalist said. “I hope that sharing my personal story, in music and conversation, helps open up the door to new discussions and awareness about mental health.”
Cara noted that she touches on “being lost and lonely and stuck inside [her] head” on her upcoming LP The Pains of Growing. “I’ve recently dealt with anxiety – and understand what it was,” she said. “I definitely want to reach as many people as I can, and will do so by partnering with Entercom and so many influential names connected to the cause. Hopefully, if I talk about mental health, it’ll help other people to talk about it… we’re all a lot more similar than we think we are.”
The artists and celebrities will share personal stories during the special. Medical experts Dr. Chris Nowinski, co-founder of the Concussion Legacy Foundation, and Dr. Ursula Whiteside, CEO of NowMattersNow.org, will appear as guests; listeners will be able to participate via call-in and an interactive website. BJ Shea, DJ at Seattle, Washington’s KISW FM, will host the program.
Metallica, Logic, Halsey and Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic participated in the 2017 “I’m Listening” campaign.
Anyone experiencing a crisis is encouraged to call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8255 or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741-741.
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Entercom Presenting Live Two-Hour 'I’m Listening' Special For Mental Health Awareness
ENTERCOM has announced a two-hour live commercial-free broadcast special to raise awareness around mental health and suicide prevention as part of its multi-platform “I’m Listening” campaign.
The “I’m Listening” broadcast marks the start of National Suicide Prevention Week and will be hosted by Active Rock KISW/SEATTLE morning host BJ SHEA, airing across all of the company’s stations nationwide on SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9th at 7a in their respective time zones.
Guests will include medical experts, and musicians and celebrities including PEARL JAM's MIKE MCCREADY and STONE GOSSARD, Olympic swimming champion MICHAEL PHELPS, LINKIN PARK's MIKE SHINODA, Actor and THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS singer JARED LETO, among others. Listeners will have the opportunity to participate via a live call-in option and interactive website.
ENTERCOM Programming Pres. PAT PAXTON said, "'I’m Listening' is one of our signature productions meant to save lives, while simultaneously creating awareness for this truly lethal silent threat. The number of people impacted by mental health issues is staggering. The effect it has on their lives, and lives of their friends and families is devastating.We can’t solve this issue during one program, but we can be part of a vast network working every day to help and serve those affected.”
For more information about the campaign, visit ImListening.org.
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately one in five adults in the U.S., or 43.8 million people experience mental illness in a given year, and one in five youths aged 13-18 years old experiences a severe mental disorder at some point during their life.
End the stigma of talking about mental health. Listen live on Sun. Sept. 9 @ 7am on http://ImListening.org or the http://Radio.com app. #ImListening