911 Operators Send Mental Health Professionals

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Caring for Denver has a new initiative. Support Team Assisted Response (STAR), utilizes a single service van staffed by a mental health clinician and a paramedic. If a 911 operator receives a call about a non-criminal situation—such as reports of mental health emergencies, drug overdoses, or requests for a welfare check—they dispatch the boxy white […]

Buddhist Nuns Story

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Buddhist Nuns from the Drukpa lineage cycled across the Himalayas raising awareness about human trafficking of girls and women in Nepal and India’s impoverished villages.