NEW YORK, Sept. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, the nation’s largest suicide prevention organization, today announced it is hosting a day-long livestream event on Friday, September 10, World Suicide Prevention Day. The event, which also coincides with National Suicide Prevention Week (NSPW), will feature AFSP experts, advocates, celebrities, and artists to help save lives and honor those impacted by suicide. With a campaign mantra of “Together, we can help #StopSuicide,” AFSP will bring together communities across the country and the world at one place, one time on the organization’s national Facebook page, @afspnational, for the #StopSuicide: A World Suicide Prevention Day Livestream. It will be an action-packed line-up of inspiring conversations about mental health and suicide prevention, and highlight research, entertainment, advocacy, education and more. Tune in from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. ET from the AFSP Facebook Event page: https://fb.me/e/1z7lMwyrK
“We’ve seen incredible progress on an individual and national level around the importance of mental health in the past few years, but we know there’s still a lot of work to be done when it comes to suicide prevention,” said Robert Gebbia, CEO, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. “We’re here today to encourage individuals to take that next step in having deeper conversations to learn more about what leads someone to suicide in order to help prevent it – and get involved in ways that are meaningful to them. Together, we can help stop suicide.”
#StopSuicide: A World Suicide Prevention Day Livestream
On World Suicide Prevention Day, AFSP’s Facebook Live event will bring together experts, celebrities, influencers, and artists to share stories of hope and healing, with panel conversations on mental health and suicide prevention, and share resources for those who are looking for ways to get involved or to support others. Specific guest speakers and panel discussions include:
#StopSuicide Key Artwork
To help bring the message of the campaign to life, AFSP partnered with Jessica Goldsmith, a Brooklyn-based illustrator and graphic designer to create art that embodies the #StopSuicide message. Staying true to her aesthetic of colorful and playful design, Jessica designed everything from NSPW stickers and flyers to Facebook cover photos and apparel with AFSP’s theme of “Together, We Can Help #StopSuicide.” More details on merchandise can be found here.
AFSP also collaborated closely with Self-Care Is For Everyone and its co-founder Sasha Aronzon-Martofel and Jonathan Martofel, LMFT, to create a special line of clothing to honor World Suicide Prevention Day. Proceeds from merchandise sales to benefit AFSP. Purchase here.
Continuing the Dialogue
Later in September and beyond, AFSP has a series of partner events taking place across the country in an effort to continue bringing people together to help stop suicide.
Partnering with Audacy, the multi-platform audio content and entertainment company this year, AFSP joins the “I’m Listening” program and continues Audacy’s support of mental health awareness by amplifying the personal mental health stories of artists, athletes and celebrities, along with those of listeners, with the insights by AFSP medical health experts. Topics covered include mental health and children, the intersection of mental and physical health in the age of COVID-19, calls for social equity, coping techniques, and more.
For more information on other planned September events, please check out AFSP’s NSPW site. The organization also remains committed to Project 2025, AFSP’s unprecedented commitment to positively impact our culture surrounding mental health and suicide prevention and ultimately, reduce the suicide rate in the U.S. 20 percent by the year 2025.
For Media Partners
Research shows that the media may influence suicide rates by the way they report on suicide. Evidence suggests that when the media tell stories of people positively coping in suicidal moments, more suicides can be prevented. We urge all members of the media working on these stories to refer to the Recommendations for Reporting on Suicide for best practices for safely and accurately reporting on suicide. For stories of persons with lived experience of suicidality and finding hope, refer to www.lifelineforattemptsurvivors.org.
About American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is dedicated to saving lives and bringing hope to those affected by suicide. AFSP creates a culture that’s smart about mental health through education and community programs, develops suicide prevention through research and advocacy, and provides support for those affected by suicide. Led by CEO Robert Gebbia and headquartered in New York, AFSP has local chapters in all 50 states with programs and events nationwide. Learn more about AFSP in its latest Annual Report, and join the conversation on suicide prevention by following AFSP on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
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