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SPEAKING: International Suicide Loss Day

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Survivor Day is the one day a year when people affected by suicide loss gather around the world at events in their local communities to find comfort and gain understanding as they share stories of healing and hope.

Anne Moss Rogers will be speaking as a mother who has lost a child to suicide.

The Program

11 a.m. Welcoming with food and refreshments

11:30 a.m. Screening of Life Journeys, a documentary about reclaiming Life after Loss, a new AFSP-produced Survivor Day documentary that traces the grief and healing journey that follows a suicide loss over time. The film shows that through resilience and support, we can achieve hope and understanding in our lives while celebrating the lives of those we lost.

12:00 p.m. Presentations by local suicide loss survivors and mental health professionals

1:00 p.m. Small group discussions that bring together people who have experienced a similar loss

2:00 p.m. Closing
LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED

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Anne Moss Rogers

I am an emotionally naked mental health speaker, and author of the Book, Diary of a Broken Mind and co-author with Kim O'Brien PhD, LICSW of Emotionally Naked: A Teacher's Guide to Preventing Suicide and Recognizing Students at Risk. I raised two boys, Richard and Charles, and lost my younger son, Charles to addiction and suicide on June 5, 2015. I help people foster a culture of connection to prevent suicide, reduce substance misuse and find life after loss. My motivational mental health keynotes, training and workshop topics include suicide prevention, addiction, mental illness, anxiety, coping strategies/resilience, and grief. As talented and funny as Charles was, letting other people know they matter was his greatest gift. And now the legacy I try and carry forward in my son's memory. Mental Health Speakers Website. Trained in ASIST and trainer for the evidence-based 4-hour training for everyone called safeTALK.

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