{"id":76236,"date":"2022-01-26T13:14:20","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T18:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=76236"},"modified":"2024-08-29T16:42:17","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T20:42:17","slug":"its-important-to-talk-today-and-every-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2022\/01\/its-important-to-talk-today-and-every-day\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s important to talk \u2026 today and every day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>A message from Interim President Lynn Wells<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been inspired, energized and moved by the overwhelming level of activity from our Brock University community as we mark another Bell Let\u2019s Talk Day.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you participated in the SWAC Sleep Secrets program, took part in a seminar on mindfulness, learned how to build stronger relationships in a workshop, or participated in The Body Project program, I hope you\u2019ve been able to take part in one of the many activities and events organized by the University and by our students throughout this week.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps you sent or received a <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2022\/01\/brock-employees-encouraged-to-send-notes-of-support-as-part-of-bell-lets-talk-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kind Mail message<\/a>. I know that hundreds of emails are being sent by Brock community members, expressing kind thoughts of appreciation. What a meaningful and thoughtful way to show gratitude.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve been through a very difficult and troubling two-year pandemic. At times, all of us have faced uncertainties, anxious moments and very stressful circumstances. It\u2019s been a hard time. Today, and every day, let\u2019s remember the importance of empathy, kindness and understanding. Let\u2019s celebrate a community that demonstrates each day that we are stronger together. If you find yourself needing help, Let\u2019s Talk and know that you are not alone in facing these challenges.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you<\/p>\n<p>Lynn Wells<\/p>\n<p>Interim President<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been inspired, energized and moved by the overwhelming level of activity from our Brock University community as we mark another Bell Let\u2019s Talk Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":76243,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3319,1],"tags":[1489,11135,8809,926],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76236"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76236"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76237,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76236\/revisions\/76237"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}