Stampede Presentation

Faith N. Odigbo

Freshmen Seminar

12:10 – 1:00

Dr. Carr

7 November 2010

Stampede Group Presentation

The group, Stampede, presented the topic suicide rate increasing within the African American community. I thought this was a brilliant topic to discuss because suicide is considered a taboo subject to discuss because many older generations have passed down their twisted view on suicide and on those who commit suicide to future generation. It is only now that the African American society is coming to terms with suicide and is slowly realizing that suicide is a much bigger picture then they thought. Stampede presentation was informative and was straight to the point. Every member of the group was an active participant and knew the topic very well plus the group was well prepared when it came time for question and answers. The group mentioned certain attributes contribute to the increase in the suicide rate such as unemployment, depression, hopelessness, alcohol and drug abuse, relationship discord, partner abuse, and child abuse. Since America is in one of the worst recession the suicide rate has doubled because due to the lack of money some people see no way out of their financial situation. According to their research, suicide is the eighth leading cause of death and five people per day fall victim to suicide. The social structure of today’s culture and society places a lot of stress on an individual. Stampede covered a topic that the African American community should acknowledge this topic and spread the awareness of the this subject which might help decrease the rate of suicide for future generations. Stampede presentation was good and left me wondering what I could do to inform the masses about this topic.