Community Health Talk: Suicide Prevention Education with Kim McKewon
Date Posted: November 6, 2024
Join us for Talk Saves Lives: An Introduction to Suicide Prevention on November 23, from 11 AM to 12 PM, at Avalon City Hall. This flagship education program of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention covers the scope of this leading cause of death, including research-based warning signs, risk factors, and strategies you can use to avoid it.
Kim McKewon served on the board of AFSP for 10 years where she led education and outreach efforts speaking to students, teachers, counselors, and parents.
Refreshments and lite snacks will be provided. Can’t attend? Catch the live stream on Facebook.
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More about Kim:
Kim guided the annual “Out of Darkness Walk” on several occasions. She has remained active as a volunteer for the organization since stepping down from her board position. Kim is a graduate of UC Santa Barbara, and was for ten years the lead singer in an ‘80s tribute band, The PopRocks.
Kim, along with her husband Ray, started The Xceptional Music Company in 2000, and starting in 2010 they brought over 100 free family friendly concerts to Wrigley Stage, until they retired in 2023. Ray and Kim continue to support the Catalina Film Festival, The Catalina Island Health Foundation, the Rotary Club of Avalon, and other island projects. Kim can often be seen in the interior riding her “gravel” bike to and from Two Harbors, and Ray can be seen walking the trails above Avalon.
In 2023 Ray and Kim commissioned a documentary, Climbing My Everest, to portray the story of Kim McKewon's epic cycling challenge and her journey through the wilderness of mental illness. It has been viewed by over 1,500 people and it has won two awards, including a Telly Award. Kim is devoting her time to the “Climbing My Everest” project, which will include a full-length feature film in the next two years.