Western Slope Youth Voters Champion Mental Health

Published by Arn McConnell at May 13, 2019

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Western Slope Youth Voter Initiative students August Pomrenke, Annika Johnson, Lili Flanigan, and Tatum Menon hold certificates for Colorado lawmakers who helped pass HB19-1120.

Western Slope Youth Initiative students hold certificates for politicians who helped pass mental health legislation. — From left to right: Western Slope Youth Voter Initiative students **August Pomrenke**, **Annika Johnson**, **Lili Flanigan**, and **Tatum Menon** hold certificates for Colorado lawmakers who helped pass HB19-1120.

This Saturday, Western Slope Youth Voter Initiative students partnered with NAMI Western Slope during their Ending the Silence 5K event to thank Colorado State Legislators for passing HB19-1120 Mental Health Education Suicide & Prevention along with three other bills focused on mental health for students. They awarded Western Colorado legislators Representative Dylan Roberts (D-D26) and Senator Don Coram (R-SD6), along with Representative Dafna Michaelsen Jenet (D-D30), Senator Stephen Fenberg (D-SD18), and Representative Deneya Esgar (D-D46) certificates of appreciation for championing youth mental health issues during the 2019 legislative session.

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Arn's career includes more than 35 years of experience in broadcast media, online advertising and branding in both Western Colorado and New York City. He is a four-time Colorado Broadcast Award winner and has also won multiple Colorado Press Association Awards. Arn also teaches Film Expression at the college level. He lives with a dramatic pit bull and a grandiose cat and enjoys painting, animating, and exploring cinema in his spare time.