How to end veteran suicide | Ron Self | TEDxSanQuentin
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America would never send a soldier to fight without basic training. Yet we have sent thousands of vets home unprepared to handle the devastating mental damages of war. Speaking while incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison, former combat veteran Ron G. Self shares his personal struggle and outlines a plan to help our veterans.
Find out more about Ron's program Boot Camp Out and the amazing work of Veterans Healing Veterans from the Inside Out, (http://veteranshealingveterans.org/do....
Learn more about San Quentin's exemplary Prison University Project https://prisonuniversityproject.org/, which was just awarded the National Humanities Medal.
Ron G. Self, a former combat veteran of the United States Marine Corps who served from 1987 to 1996, is currently incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison. While in prison, Self's personal struggles prompted him to found the self-help group Veterans Healing Veterans From The Inside Out to try to stop the alarmingly high suicide rate among veterans.
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