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This week on Voices of Taos, reporter Olivia Lewis talks with suicide prevention advocate and speaker Kevin Hines.

Hines became a public speaker and mental health advocate after surviving a suicide attempt on the Golden Gate Bridge. He subsequently campaigned to have safety nets installed on the bridge, which was completed in 2023.

Kevin discusses what led him to attempt suicide, and how that experience has motivated his work since then. Hines and Lewis also discuss the campaign to add railings to the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge after seven people took their lives there last year, as well as the launch of a new suicide prevention app co-designed by teens in Taos.

Learn about the Navi app

Read more about the ongoing work at the Gorge Bridge

Learn more about Kevin's work

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