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It’s National Suicide Prevention Week! #KeepGoing!

Yesterday was the start of National Suicide Prevention Week: a week to take action, support one another, and shine a spotlight on the things we can all do to save lives. In the era of COVID-19, as we manage our own mental well-being in the face of uncertainty, it’s more important than ever that we be kind to ourselves, and#KeepGoing
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Each day this week, we’ll be highlighting a simple, actionable step that everyone can take – from learning the warning signs for suicide, to having a #RealConvo with someone you care about – to increase awareness and help save lives. You don’t have to be a mental health professional to make a difference, and you don’t have to do it alone.

Throughout the week we also urge you to contact your U.S. Representative through theAFSP Action Center
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We’re excited to host an assortment of virtual events this week, including:
September 8 - A Twitter chat AFSP is hosting tomorrow, at 2 p.m. ET with our friends at AAS, the JED Foundation, NAMI, the Movember Foundation, and Human Rights Campaign. Follow along using #KeepGoing

September 10 - Our Allies in Action Awards Ceremony at 3 p.m. ET, which will be streamed on Facebook Live (@AFSPnational)

September 10 - Dr. Doreen Marshall will be participating in an Instagram Live at
1 p.m. ET with Self Care is for Everyone, follow along on their Instagram @selfcareisforeveryone

September 17 - In the third installment of our Town Hall series, “Preventing Suicide in BIPOC Communities: Ways Forward,” Dr. Christine Moutier will lead a discussion focused on advocacy and policy opportunities, with audience Q&A on Facebook Live (@afspnational), at 3 p.m. ET. Guest panelists include:


Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman, Chair, Congressional Black Caucus Task Force on Black Youth Suicide


Michael Lindsey, Ph.D., MSW, MPH, Executive Director, NYU’s McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research and Constance & Martin Silver Professor of Poverty Studies; Chair, Working Group of Congressional Black Caucus Task Force on Black Youth Suicide


Nikki Pitre, Coeur d’Alene Tribe, Executive Director at the Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute

September 30 - Ask Dr. Jill with The Mighty on their Facebook page at 4 p.m. ET

A full calendar of events – plus a whole lot more, including social sharables, and other resources you can use to help spread the word – can be found on ourNational Suicide Prevention Week website
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We’re going to #KeepGoing in our efforts to raise awareness of suicide prevention throughout the month of September, so stay tuned!

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