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Greetings!
With the current state of the economy, the NM Legislature will be meeting soon to start preparing for budget cuts. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! Please contact your local Representatives, Senators, and Governor Richardson and let them know that Suicide Prevention is important to our communities! You can click HERE to find contact info for your legislator. Please take a moment to call, or email them today, and let them know that money for suicide prevention should be increased, not cut!!
Reminders!
Please come out and join us for our Second Annual Out of the Darkness Walk on Sunday November 1, 2009, at Balloon Fiesta Park. You can register yourself, a team, or make a donation at www.afsp.org. Just click on the link to Out of the Darkness community walks.
We look forward to seeing you soon! Together we can all help prevent suicide in New Mexico.
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Albuquerque Workshop, October 20th!
When someone has died by suicide, how do you support the people coping with the loss?
When someone has attempted suicide, how do you support the attempter and his/her family?
Learn from two experts in the suicide field how you can help people grieving the loss of suicide or a suicide attempt.
What do you say? What can you do? What are the resources available? This workshop is geared toward lay people (churches, community-service organizations, family members, and anyone else who might come in contact with people coping with suicide).
"The Aftermath of Suicide:
Supporting People Coping With Suicide Loss, Suicide Attempters and their Families"
Michelle Linn-Gust, Ph.D.
Michelle is the president-elect of the American Association of Suicidology and an international speaker and writer about suicide postvention and prevention issues. She is the author of Do They Have Bad Days In Heaven? Surviving the Suicide Loss of a Sibling and Ginger's Gift: Hope and Healing through Dog Companionship. She also is a co-founder of the New Mexico Suicide Prevention Coalition.
JoAnn Sartorius, L.I.S.W.
JoAnn's work with high-risk adolescents and their families spans 30 years.
For the last decade, she has concentrated on suicide prevention as well as addressing the aftermath of suicide. Currently, JoAnn works throughout the state as a program coordinator and trainer for school-based suicide prevention programs, is a member of a suicide crisis response team, and presents educational workshops on suicide prevention for youth, school personnel and communities. JoAnn is a co-founder of the New Mexico Suicide Prevention Coalition.
October 20, 1:00 pm to 4:00
pm
United Way Central New Mexico
2340 Alamo Ave. SE, 2nd
Floor
Albuquerque, NM
Cost for the workshop is $40,
Counseling and Social Work
CEUs (3) are $15 and payable to JoAnn Sartorius at the workshop.
Minimum number of
participants is 30, maximum is 50.
Registration online at www.chelleheadworks.com or
mail a check for $40 per participant with names and email addresses of
participants to:
Chellehead Works (check
should be made out to Chellehead Works),
1711 Solano Dr, NE,
Albuquerque, NM 87110
Questions? Email: info@chelleheadworks.com
PLEASE PRE-REGISTER ASAP TO ENSURE YOUR SPOT!!
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OTHER TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES....
Michelle Linn Gust & JoAnn Sartorius will be presenting all around New Mexico - more info, dates and locations to come soon! If you'd like a workshop done in your area please contact Michelle at
QPR Training
Learn to Teach Three Simple Steps Everyone Needs to Know to Help Prevent Suicide:
Question, Persuade, Refer
If you are interested in QPR Training in your community or business please contact us and we will help get a Certified QPR trainier to come to your area! Contact us at info@nmsuicideprevention.org |
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Thanks for your support of the New Mexico Suicide Prevention Coalition. Together we can continue to shine the light on suicide prevention throughout the age spectrum in our state. |
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Sincerely,
Laura K. Rowland, Executive Director
New Mexico Suicide Prevention Coalition |
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