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—A group of teenagers in Eastern Jackson County is tackling difficult topics like suicide, drug use, and bullying through a teen advisory council called EMPOWER.
Eastern Jackson County teens tackle mental health stigmas, more through teen-led advisory council
Isabella Hanover, Scarlett Sullivan, and Allison Weaver make up three of the four members of the council, which operates through the Eastern Jackson County Prevention Coalition.
“When we talk about prevention, we can’t have successful prevention programs without having kids in there, it’s just not possible,” Markley Hyatt, MPS HRS said.
Hyatt is a prevention specialist for the coalition…