Utah Company Offers $400,000 Worth of Tickets to U of U Students Affected by Shooting
How to Overcome Trauma Session Added to Event with World Renowned Teachers
CENTERVILLE, Utah, Oct. 29, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Recent tragic events at the University of Utah prompts local event company Powerful U, to offer $400,000 worth of tickets to student and faculty at the U of U to help them cope and heal from the recent tragedy. Powerful U is making 1000 free tickets available to student and faculty member for their upcoming event, The Powerful U Experience. The local event will bring international presence hosting some of the world's top speakers and teachers in the fields of Psychology, Neuroscience, Self-help and Motivation. The event's organizers are expanding their capacity and schedule with a large breakout session on How to Overcome Trauma, Friday evening, which they have created specifically for students and local residents struggling to deal with these types of events. This breakout will be led by one of the local speakers, Coach Kim Giles, and other mental health professionals, and will give best practices for dealing with tragedy.
The event is taking place this weekend November 2nd & 3rd at the Salt Palace Convention Center. The speakers include Utah's own Elizabeth Smart, Coach Kimberly Giles and Dr. Klayne Rasmussen. The national speakers include Mel Robbins, Brendon Burchard, Jay Shetty, Lewis Howes, Tom Bilyeu and top International Neuroscientist Beau Lotto.
James & Steph Purpura, the founders of Powerful U stated they are making this offer because their own lives have been profoundly impacted by gun violence and domestic abuse, and they want to do their part to help people in dealing with these types of tragedies. They said that the first line of the company's mission statement on their website reads "We are seekers who find the state of humanity inadequate." They elaborated further "that statement means we are committed to doing something about it. When violent and tragic situations such as these strike, it can have such a negative impact on people's mental health, and the people affected by these events are forced to face their biggest fears. These people are going to need help to move forward and resume normal life. We are bringing in some of the foremost authorities in the world on how to deal with, and overcome fear. Based on the mission and goals of our company we feel it would be disingenuous of us not to make this offer."
U of U student and faculty members who are interested in attending the event simply need to send an email in to [email protected] from their student/staff .edu email, and a redemption code for their free ticket will be e-mailed right back to them.
The Powerful U Experience once again will be held this coming weekend November 2nd and 3rd at the Salt Palace, in downtown Salt Lake City, UT. For more information go to www.powerful-u.com or email at [email protected] or by phone at (801) 823-1660.
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