Dr. David May, a sociology professor at Mississippi State University, will discuss mentorship during a Jan. 9 training and education session at Ochsner Rush Health in downtown Meridian as part of a new program targeting youth gun violence and injury prevention.
The mentor training is part of a program being launched through a partnership between Ochsner Rush Health and Project Inspire aimed at addressing the rising violent crime among at-risk youth. The program focuses on youth intervention, mentorship and career development in helping to achieve its goals.
The mentor training/education session will be held from 5-8 p.m. on Jan. 9 in the Third Floor Cafeteria Conference Room, known as the Window Seat Cafeteria, located in the Ochsner Rush Ambulatory Care Center. Dinner will be provided.
May serves as a professor in the Department of Sociology at MSU and a faculty member with Mississippi State’s Center for Cyber Innovation.
Originally introduced by University of South Alabama Health in 2017, Project Inspire is a semester-long, hospital-based injury prevention program aiming to reduce violence among at-risk youth by combining trauma center exposure, mentorship and career development.
Through an ongoing partnership with the Meridian Youth Court, local juvenile offenders will gain unique insight into the consequences of gun violence through tours of Ochsner Rush Health’s trauma services. They will also receive Stop the Bleed® training and participate in community service projects.
Anyone interested in attending the training session on Jan. 9 is asked to RSVP by contacting DeFatta at jason.defatta@ochsner.org. Anyone who is unable to attend the dinner meeting in person can join via Zoom. Contact DeFatta for more information.
Project Inspire is currently looking for mentors to work with the youth. Learn more at ochsnerrush.org/inspire. They can sign up to help with the program or sign up to become a sponsor or make a donation. (Meridian Star 12/28/23)
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