SPECIAL EVENTS/
72 hours for Life
“Reflection and Awareness Watch”
Dates: September 8-10, 2011
Goals:
1) To facilitate a youth-focused suicide prevention event, leading up to World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10th. To “reach out in the cultural language of youth” with a suicide prevention opportunity for youth-at-risk (13 to 25) and youth workers/helpers.
2) Learn the skills to identify risks of suicide.
3) Build awareness of suicide prevention strategies and resources.
4) Learn about being a support and action strategies.
5) To raise funds to sponsor Live Bravely and to sponsor ASIST Training on Suicide Prevention for youth.
Ideas:
- Why 72 Hours for Life? It represents a reclaiming of “Suicide Watch” (72 hours)
Reflection and awareness related to coping and wellness, knowing the signs and symptoms and effectively supporting youth. ”
- 72 hours of “reflection and training” leading up to World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10th.
- Themes over 3 days will related back to Live Bravely* themes of:
1) The courage to Live
2) The courage to seek help
3) The courage to help others
4) The courage to remember the good things about the person we have lost.
*Live Bravely is a business developed by Mike Lardie (Mike is ASIST trained.)
- Meeting on June 16, 2011 with Education Committee of Suicide Prevention Council related to the plan.
ASISt Trained workers at all sessions with option to talk and debrief.
- Thursday September 8th
1:00
-Registration and “Kick Off” and Live Bravely Braided Bracelets (Commitment of 72 hours of “learning and reflection”)
- 1:30- 3:00
“-Suicide Talk” with Tamara from Suicide Prevention Council
-(for Youth and Helpers) Myth Busting, Signs and Symptoms, How to help? (Need to confirm time)
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- 3:00 – 3:30 - Rory Butler, Founder and CEO of Your Life Counts (www.yourlifecounts.org) will share his story
- 6:30 - Living Rock Dinner Program (for youth 13-25yrs)
7 7:00 to 9:30
–(Living Rock Evening Program and Dinner) Concert with VOID and Friends (7:30 to 9:30)
–Youth join VOID with a song or poem
--Rory Butler from Your Life Counts may come on Thursday to share his story and about Your Life Counts
- -Glenn Allen may speak (motivational youth speaker with a story of suicide, bullying and sexual abuse.)
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- Friday September 9th
8:00 to 9:30
-Breakfast and Live Bravely at Breakfast Program
- 9:30 – 12:30
-3 hour training with Tamara ($20 for materials and training) for 40 youth workers/allies and committed youth “Suicide Alertness”
Suicide Prevention and Youth -Signs, Symptoms, Assessment and Responding to youth workshops
- 2:00 to 3:00
Good Grief – Coping with Loss’, Social Media and Suicide Prevention through Facebook and Social Media
- 3:00 to 5:00
rt Expressions “Reflections”, Memorial “Art Expression Workshop to do cards for a poster that will be taken to Art Crawl Display on James St
Friday Night
Join us at the Art Crawl – Reflections Booth
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Saturday Sepember 10th
- 10:00 - Walk from St. Joseph’s Health Care Memorial Gardens at 50 Charlton to City Hall
- 10:30 - “Empty Shoes” on stairs of City Hall and Announcements
- 11:00 – Refreshments
- 12:00 to 1:30 – Luncheon at Rock at 30 Wilson (just East of James St.) with “finger food” lunch to see the booths of community supports and resources.
