Suicide Prevention Webinar November 30 - Sign Up Today

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NEWTON, MASSACHUSSETS - Talking about suicide is complicated by barriers, myths, taboos, fears, and legitimate cultural considerations. As individuals, we might feel that suicide is beyond our abilities to prevent, yet we each have the power to speak and to act. Collectively, a community has incredible power when everyone comes together to talk, listen, plan, and act to help its children thrive.

Native Streams Institute announces a webinar called "Using a Community-Driven Approach to Preventing Suicide."

During the webinar participants will learn what it means to create change through a community driven approach moving toward healing to achieve community well-being by building strengths and resiliency within the survivors of the community.

Hear firsthand how the White Mountain Apache Tribe, working together with the Johns Hopkins University Center for American Indian Health, has developed an important community-based suicide prevention effort.

Native Streams Institute is a key initiative of EDC's Health and Human Development Division. EDC is a fifty year-old nonprofit organization committed to addressing challenges in education, health, and economic development across the United States and around the world.

Native Streams Institute is dedicated to creating a sustainable, thriving future for the next generations in Native communities. The Institute maintains a diverse staff, predominantly American Indian, which is geographi¬cally spread across the US and intimately familiar with tribal communities, customs and culture.

WHAT:   Using a Community-Driven Approach to Preventing Suicide

WHEN:   Wednesday, November 30

Time:   1:30 to 3:00 pm est

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posted November 23, 2011 5:00 pm est