Hope as Action-World Suicide Prevention Day

Date: 9/10/2012
Time: 4:00 PM TO 6:00 PM

3100 Foul Bay Road
Victoria, BC V8P 5J2

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Event Description: On September 10th, NEED2, Camosun College and the University of Victoria will be holding a remembrance gathering at 4:00 at Camosun College’s Lansdowne Campus to Mark World Suicide Prevention Day. Someone on our planet dies by suicide every 40 seconds. As a global family, this includes our children, our parents, our friends and our colleagues. More people die every year by their own hand than those due to homicide and war combined. On Vancouver Island, 100 people will take their lives over the next year. We need to reach them before they do. The tragedy of suicide affects us all and yet the stigma of talking about suicide remains high in our society. On September 10th we hope to take yet another small step in breaking that stigma by joining together as a community to remember those we’ve lost, speak about the issue, read some poetry, and hear some music. Hope As Action speaking guests include First Nations Elder Alex Nelson, Ven. Eshu Martin, the Abbot of the Victoria Zen Centre, Daphne Shaed from The Pride Centre, Jennifer White, Associate Professor in the School of Child and Youth Care at the University of Victoria and Erica Day Singer/Songwriter among others. “Suicide touches so many lives in our community,” says Chris Holt, Executive Co-Director of NEED2. “On World Suicide Prevention Day we thought we’d hold a gathering to remember those we’ve lost and to come together as a community to support one another. Please come and join us.”


Directions:
The Hope as Action gathering will take place from 4:00 to 6:00 Monday September 10th at the NA’TSA’MAHT (First Nations Gathering Place) on the Lansdowne Campus of Camosun College, 3100 Foul Bay Road, Victoria. http://camosun.ca/services/facility-rentals/gathering-place.html

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