Religion-bashing from a professional organization

[Litzy]

Last Friday, my school hosted a suicide prevention course, needed by teachers in my building for teacher licensing. Two volunteers from a suicide prevention group spoke to us and one was... extremely unprofessional and kept spouting things that had everyone exchanging awkward looks and lead to quite the discussion after that and today.

 

Despite an official mention in the group's literature that religious organizations can help prevent suicide, this volunteer kept going on weird personal tangents about the horrors all these churches (listed specifically either by official religion or community church name) had committed. After her partner mentioned the official literature, she broke in with another tangent of "Well, that just isn't true..."

 

It was very weird, to say the least.

 

I suppose her bad experiences are as valid as anything, but it didn't seem to be the time or place for it.

 

Some of us were wondering if we ought to bring this up to her superiors.

[Jane_Doe]

I would.

 

Reasoning: she is hired to represent a certain view (the company's thats paying her) and she's not doing her job.  That doesn't invalidate her personal opinion, but she's not being paid to tell her personal opinion.  

[Backroads]

I wonder if we saw the same lady. Ours told us about a suicide prevention event--followed by "I know it's the same day as your conference weekend but you'll just have to get over it." And she also brought up a list of other churches with choice comments.

I think our principal lodged a complaint. This was over a month ago.

[Palerider]

I wonder if we saw the same lady. Ours told us about a suicide prevention event--followed by "I know it's the same day as your conference weekend but you'll just have to get over it." And she also brought up a list of other churches with choice comments.

I think our principal lodged a complaint. This was over a month ago.

Perhaps I don't understand but it makes me wonder how a person with attitude like that could work in such a field.

[Backroads]

Perhaps I don't understand but it makes me wonder how a person with attitude like that could work in such a field.

Perhaps they're just less picky about volunteers--that's what mine was.

[prisonchaplain]

So teachers are obligated, as part of their licensure, to be trained by volunteers (with what credentials, me wonders), who spout religious bigotry as part of suicide prevention???     

[Backroads]

So teachers are obligated, as part of their licensure, to be trained by volunteers (with what credentials, me wonders), who spout religious bigotry as part of suicide prevention???  

Yup.

I think it's fairly new.

[sxfritz]

I think it should be mentioned to the organization. They might get her to tone it down if not shut up.

[Palerider]

Perhaps they're just less picky about volunteers--that's what mine was.

Very true...did not think of that. Mental health is a topic that's discussed in our family often. My son works in the mental health field and will be completing his Masters in that field in May. Over the years we have tried to sweep it under the rug.

[Litzy]

I wonder if we saw the same lady. Ours told us about a suicide prevention event--followed by "I know it's the same day as your conference weekend but you'll just have to get over it." And she also brought up a list of other churches with choice comments.

I think our principal lodged a complaint. This was over a month ago.

 

My goodness, we may have seen the same lady. I'd say let's exchange her card information to make certain but the better part of me thinks that'd be against forum rules.

 

This one also announced herself a volunteer, so I don't think she was being paid.

 

I still think it's inappropriate for her position, especially when she found herself contradicting the organization's literature.