72 Hours for Life

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 who are between 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.

Mike Lardie is a former Rocker, Alumni, Summer Staff who worked on one of the first Arts of August initiatives. He founded his project Live Bravely with a focus on Suicide Prevention and created the 4 points of Courage for 72 Hours for Life: part of World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10, 2022.

The 4 points of courage will be:

1)     September 2022 - The courage to live.

2)     October 2022 -  The courage to get help.

3)     November 2022 -  The courage to help.

4)     December 2022 -   The courage to remember the good things about those we have lost.