To Write Love on Her Arms is a “non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury, and suicide. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire, and also to invest directly into treatment and recovery” (Tworkowski, n.d.). In this research paper, we will discuss what this organization does, how and when it began, who started the movement, where it is located, how this organization is environmentally and globally responsible, how the movement supports the local community, as well as any negative aspects to this organization, and why I want to work for To Write Love On Her Arms.
To Write Love on Her Arms helps people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury, and suicide. They encourage, teach, inspire and donate money to treatment and recovery services. Their vision statement says that they believe the following things, “You were created to love and be loved. You were meant to live life in relationship with other people, to know and be known.
You need to know your story is important, and you are part of a bigger story. You need to know your life matters” (Tworkowski, n.d.). To Write Love on Her Arms understands the pain that thousands of people are in daily due to depression, addiction, and anxiety. They also understand that there is a way to get through this hard time with hope and help. They lead people to counseling, treatment, and a path to recovery. The founder of this organization says on their website, “We want to say here that it’s worth it, your life is worth fighting for. It is possible to change. We're seeing lives change as people get the help they need” (Tworkowski, n.d.). To Write Love on Her Arms does not stop with treatment, they also...
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Duncan wrote her book from the perspective of a teenager as she felt her left falling apart. The occasion was to connect with the young people through her writing. In the larger world, people may be going through the same thing as her book. Duncan’s audience is young people and teens.
So if we want joy, love, and empathy in our lives, we need to let vulnerability into our hearts.... ... middle of paper ... ... But instead of reacting negatively, I was pleased to see that Anabella and Francisco and Santos – and all my other students – understood. They saw that I was trying my best, and that for any positive change to occur, we, all, had to put ourselves at risk in the arena.
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In “First Poem for You” Kim Addonizio knows that just above his shoulder are the blue swirls of water” (Hermawan 28). Hermawan also describes how the partner’s lightning tattoo symbolizes the power of love. The lightning bolt is almost like a heartbeat with lines moving up and down, such as when a person’s heart rate increases and decreases when nervous or excited (Hermawan 26). Another tattoo described in detail is the “serpent facing the dragon” (Addonizio 6). The serpent is a symbol of fearlessness; this tattoo shows the speaker’s partner is not afraid of what is to come in life, including the future of their relationship (Addonizio 28).
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Often times in the black community we like to avoid talking about topics that effect us because of the fear of “scaring the community”. Hooks shows the readers of Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-Recovery that we shouldn’t be worried about scaring the community and we need to inform the community to prevent them from being ignorant of the issues that are prevelant in the black community. This book allowed me to open my eyes to the issues that all African American women are facing on a day-to-day
In a Ted Talk entitled “How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime,” pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains how repeated abuse and neglect can have effects on the brain. Harris has started a clinic with her colleagues, focusing on childhood trauma and its affects. Harris routes her talk with scientific research and evidence, but her information is presented in a way for everyone to understand. To support her claim about childhood trauma, Harris establishes her ethos, by presenting information from herself and her colleagues, and various others, giving her creditability. Harris relies on logos and pathos throughout her talk as well, saying how one’s ACE score directly affects their health. Her pathos is credited here by allowing the audience to have an emotional response and also her logos as strong evidence is being used.
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