Jeff Stoffer, Director of Media and Communications for the American Legion, joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to discuss the joint effort to provide scientifically proven training for suicide awareness between Columbia University and the Legion.
The American Legion has joined forces with the Columbia University Lighthouse Project. The award-winning project helps veterans’ families and caretakers avoid possible triggers that could lead to suicidal thoughts or attempts. This is done through instruction using scientifically proven methods developed by university researchers. Through the Legion’s Be The One Campaign, the joint efforts will utilize the project's developed protocols and apply them to virtual and in-person training programs. For more information or to join the training program, please visit the American Legion website.
Stoffer then discussed the Seeds of Hope story from April’s edition of the Legion Magazine. The article shares the story of Guatemalan workers who suffered from the 2018 Fuego volcano erruption. Stoffer discussed the events of the explosion, which included the destruction of 260 buildings in San Miguel. The Legion worked with government officials to provide humanitarian relief efforts to the region, and Stoffer outlined the types of help provided and how it impacted the country.
Finally, Stoffer discussed author Alan Dowd’s article in next month’s Legion Magazine, Lessons from Ukraine. The article outlines the tragic loss of life from the Russia-Ukraine War and how the modern world has changed warfare. Stoffer discussed how artificial intelligence has created a situation where war is fought with computers and not hand-to-hand. This conflict has shown that the modern form of warfare is more deadly per person than the hand-to-hand conflicts previously fought, Stoffer said.
Hear more from Stoffer by listening to the episode above.
America’s Work Force is the only daily labor podcast in the US and has been on the air since 1993, supplying listeners with useful, relevant input into their daily lives through fact-finding features, in-depth interviews, informative news segments and practical consumer reports. America’s Work Force is committed to providing an accessible venue in which America's workers and their families can hear discussion on important, relevant topics such as employment, healthcare, legislative action, labor-management relations, corporate practices, finances, local and national politics, consumer reports and labor issues.
America’s Work Force Union Podcast is brought to you in part by our sponsors: AFL-CIO, American Federation of Government Employees, American Federation of Musicians Local 4, American Alliance for Manufacturing, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council, Communication Workers of America, International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers, International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers Local 50, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Crafts, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 6, Ironworkers Great Lakes District Council, The Labor Citizen newspaper, Laborers International Union of The National Labor Office of Blue Cross and Blue Shield, North America, North Coast Area Labor Federation, Ohio Federation of Teachers, Survey and Ballot Systems, United Labor Agency, United Steelworkers.
