Cindy Johnson Suplick - Writer, Speaker, and Advocate for Mental Health

Everyday Nonviolence Podcast

In this third and final episode in our series on mental health, we hear from an individual with a mental illness. Cindy Johnson Suplick speaks with podcast host, Diane Sandberg. During the conversation, Cindy talks about a variety of topics, including her personal experiences interacting with the police. After receiving her MBA, Cindy spent 30 years in marketing in the Twin Cities. She and her husband raised two daughters in Minnetonka where they still reside with their Labrador retriever Maggie. She is a doting grandmother, published writer, speaker and advocate for mental health and faith-based progressive politics.

Cindy is active with the National Alliance on Mental Illness - Minnesota (NAMI). More information on NAMI can be found at https://namimn.org.

This series has expanded on FNVW’s research/policy paper on de-escalation of interactions between people with mental illnesses and the police. In the previous two episodes, we heard from a mental health advocate; also a former police officer who is currently a Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) trainer and therapist. Be sure to listen to all three of these interesting and informative episodes on this important topic.

Music generously donated by BenSound.com.