This week, we are so grateful to be talking with our guest, Ben Harris.
Ben is the Director Of Communications and Constituent Engagement for Georgia State Representative for District 48, Mary Robichaux. In previous years, Ben taught in the world-class Career Advancement Center of the Robinson College of Business. Ben even mentored entrepreneurs in Rwanda through the African Entrepreneur Collective. But today we’re going to be focusing on a specific part of Ben’s story.
After losing his brother Michael during his service in the United States Marine Corps, Ben has eagerly offered his voice and Michael's story to TAPS (The Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors) for the purpose of helping service members and their families get the support they deserve.
Ben’s story has led him from Georgia all the way to a Washington, DC, joint conference of the Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs. He has also used his voice through writings and interviews featured in the Associated Press, the Department of Defensive Armed Forces Press Service, the Washington Post, and the Voice of America, among others.
Currently, Ben serves as the facilitator for TAPS' Atlanta Care Group, which meets monthly and provides support to new and returning survivors of military loss.
In this episode we discuss vulnerability, sharing your story to help others, isolation, and what it means to support someone through grief.
If you would like to know more about TAPS and the work Ben is doing in the community please make sure to visit www.taps.org. In addition, if you’re thinking about suicide, are worried about a friend or loved one, or would like emotional support, there are people on the other end of this phone number 24/7. Please call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8255.
If you'd like to learn more about Ben's story head over to: https://archive.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=116856
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