“Tommy battled depression in the last few years of his life and felt trapped and suffocated by it,” Raskin said. Raskin said he wants to use his platform, at the Institution and writ large, to raise awareness and to honor people who have loved ones who struggle with mental health. But he was really a philosopher and confronted all of the major problems in philosophy and tried to work them out on a daily basis.” “He was a second-year student at Harvard Law School. He was a playwright, poet and a stand-up performer,” Raskin said. As in the essay, in an interview with The Chautauquan Daily, Raskin discussed the passions Tommy had in his life, both politically and philosophically. That essay, and their courageous candor of public grief, went viral. 4, 2021, with an essay-length statement in tribute to their son. Raskin and his wife, Sarah Bloom Raskin, took to their Medium account on Jan. The three separate events each required three different kinds of courage. 6 insurrection, and two weeks before Raskin presided over President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial. 31, 2020, just seven days before the Jan. ![]() Raskin lost his son, Tommy, to suicide on Dec. “You’ve got this narrative of personal tragedy and national trauma happening at the same time.” “I think what we’ve been most intrigued by is how he responded to a pretty deep personal tragedy all alongside being a national leader,” said Chautauqua Institution President Michael E. And when considering speakers, everyone involved in planning wanted to extend an invitation to Raskin. Week Eight, programmed in partnership with Ford Foundation President Darren Walker, has been in the works since early 2021. That decision was made several weeks prior to the attack on Salman Rushdie last Friday in the Amphitheater. ![]() Today’s lecture was changed from the Hall of Philosophy, the traditional ILS location, for security purposes. today in Norton Hall to start Week Eight of the Interfaith Lecture Series “New Profiles in Courage.” He will give his lecture, “It’s Hard to Be Human: The Political, Philosophical, and Mental Health Struggles of Tommy Raskin,” at 2 p.m. A span of seven days in which the unthinkable happened forced him to push through for the rest of his life.
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