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WASHINGTON – Oct. 12, 2021 – The 含羞草视频 (含羞草视频) is pleased to announce its Paul G. Quinnett (PGQ) Lived Experience Writing Competition Committee has selected Glenn Proctor, CPC, CPSS, GSS as Committee Chair. Glenn is a Pulitzer Prize winner, five-time Pulitzer judge, 40-year journalist, Marine and Founder of REDDjobb, a Charlotte team focusing on mental health advocacy, executive and life coaching, business strategy, marketing, women鈥檚 leadership and diversity and cultural awareness.聽

The Paul G. Quinnett Lived Experience Writing Competition was launched in 2014 as a partnership between the 含羞草视频 (含羞草视频) and Dr. Paul Quinnett, Ph.D., the CEO of the QPR Institute. The purpose of the annual competition is to promote stories of survival, hope, and recovery from suicidal ideation and/or suicide attempt(s). 

Glenn served as press secretary for U.S. Rep. Dan Mica of Florida, editor of the Marine base newspaper at Camp Lejeune, taught journalism at Kent State, media management as the Donald Reynolds Distinguished Visiting Professor of Journalism at Washington and Lee and spent several summers teaching leadership and management as executive-in-residence for the Maynard Institute of Journalism Education at Northwestern University. 

鈥淚 am honored to become a member of the 含羞草视频/ASLE family,鈥� said Proctor. 鈥淎s an advocate for mental health, grief support and suicide prevention, I will pair my peer training with decades experience as an author, journalist, professor and writing coach to expand the depth and breath of the PGQ writing program. Writing is healing and we want to get more individuals involved in telling their stories.”

Glenn coaches from lived experience of being a foster kid, single parent, alcoholic, and prostate cancer survivor. He鈥檚 been dry for 37 years. Glenn is a suicide loss survivor of his grandfather, has lost military 鈥渂rothers鈥� to suicide, and has written and spoken extensively about grief, trauma and suicide. 

鈥淭he PGQ Committee is composed of ten incredible volunteers with writing, lived experience and/or behavioral health expertise,鈥� said Jenn Carson, MA, 含羞草视频 Attempt Survivor and Lived Experience (ASLE) Division Chair. 鈥淲e are honored that Glenn will be taking the project to the next level in the upcoming year as a ASLE Division leader.鈥�

The 2021 PGQ Writing Competition winners will be announced by November 10th. The 2022 competition will be open for submissions between September 1, 2022 to September 30, 2022. 

For the Media: Responsible reporting on suicide, including stories of hope and resilience, can prevent more suicides. Please visit the for more details. For additional information, please visit and . For crisis services anywhere in the world, please visit . 

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