Suicide Prevention
Upcoming Events and Support Groups
- Friday October 4, 2024 10:00 am to Noon. Mindfulness and Mental Health: An Eastern Approach for Vietnamese-Speaking Older Adults. Location: 50 Canal Street, San Rafael. For more info contact: Mr. Khoa Tran 703-943-0053 or ktran@marinmaap.org.
- Thursday October 24th at 4:00 pm. Suicide Prevention Men and Boys Action Team meeting. Contact for Zoom details.
- Wednesday November 6th from 2:00-3:00 pm. Suicide Prevention Collaborative meeting, "Tending to Grief, Growing with Hope." Speakers: Cecelia Luna, By the Bay, Sophia Balestreri, Felton Institute, Lisa Miller, Marin County Office of Education. NEW registration link here >> Register here!
- Tuesday November 19th from 5:00-6:00 pm. Local Outreach for Survivors of Suicide (LOSS) team. Join us for our monthly presentation on the LOSS team and volunteer opportunities in our postvention support program in Marin County. Contact: Sophia Balestreri sbalestreri@felton.org
- Saturday November 23rd from 1:00-3:30 pm. International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day (ISOSLD). Location: MCOE, 1111 Las Gallinas Ave, San Rafael. Register here!
- Survivors of Suicide Bereavement Support Group (Virtual). The SOS: Allies For Hope group meets 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month, 7-8:30 pm. For Zoom info SOSinfo@Buckelew.org or 415.444.6000.
- Support Group for Teens and Young Adults (13-25 y/o) who are loss survivors. Contact: Sophia Balestreri, Program Coordinator by email or contact: 415-726-4685.
- Attempt Survivor Support Group. Sophia Balestreri, Program Coordinator by email or contact: 415-726-4685.
This September Suicide Prevention and Recovery Month includes a series of in-person and virtual community events, including a regional summit, the Marin County Suicide Prevention Collaborative meeting, suicide prevention trainings, and more! Please visit our EVENT PAGE to register---and create awareness, together!
January
- Tuesday January 9, 2024 from 3:00-4:00 pm. Talk Saves Lives.
- Wednesday January 10, 2024 from 2:00-3:30 pm. Marin County Suicide Prevention Collaborative meeting. Location: Multicultural Center of Marin, 709 Fifth Ave, San Rafael.
- Thursday January 11, 2024 from 4:00-5:00 pm. Men and Boys Action Team virtual meeting. Contact: kconnors@marincounty.org
- Wednesday January 10 and January 17, 2024 from 3:30-5:00 pm. Distress and Healing in Adolescence with Dr. Aran Watson. Spanish. Virtual.
- Thursday January 18 from 6:00-7:30 pm. Navigating Youth Substance Use featuring New York Times Best Selling Author David Sheff. Spanish. In-person or Zoom.
- Sábado 20 de Enero de 2024 8:30 am-5:00 pm. Primeros Auxilios de Salud Mental para Jóvenes en Español. Tendremos almuerzo gratis. Canal Alliance, 86 Larkspur St, San Rafael. Para más información contacte a: Korey Ramirez al 415-404-6600.
- January 24: K-3rd grade; January 31: 4th-6th grade; and February 7: 7th-8th grade. All events are from 6:30-7:30 pm. Is screen time causing a daily struggle in your home? Spanish. For parents and caregivers with Jill Boeri, MS, LMFT. Zoom.
- Save the Date: January 25, 2024 & January 30, 2024 for upcoming events supporting LGBTQ+ youth and families.
April
- Wednesday April 10 from 6:30-8:00 pm. Working Together to Prevent Overdose. Join OD Free Marin for our annual community forum.
- Tuesday April 16 from 9:00 am to Noon. Marin County BHRS presentation to the Board of Supervisor's. Join us to learn more about BHRS accomplishments, what's on the horizon, May Mental Health Month, and the soon to launch 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
- Friday April 19 from Noon to 1 pm. Suicide Prevention and Older Adults, Virtual. Audience: caregivers, family members, and health care and mental health providers, staff of older adult agencies, case managers. Depression and thoughts of suicide are not a necessary or normal part of aging. There is help! Join us as we discuss ways we can support and re-connect loved ones and clients to hope and even joy.
- Saturday April 20 from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm. Mental Health First Aid. (Adults). Mental Health First Aid for Adults teaches people how to recognize signs of mental health or substance use challenges in adults ages 18 and older, how to offer and provide initial help.
- Saturday April 20 from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm. Mental Health First Aid. In Spanish. Location. West Marin Multi Services Center. 1 6th St., Point Reyes Station.
May Mental Health Month
Join us for over 10 events and "get your green on!" See more and register at our May Mental Health Month event page!
June
- June 5, 2024 from 2:00-3:00 pm. A Holistic Approach to LGBTQ Allyship for Suicide Prevention. Presented by Tash Colin.
- June 25 at College of Marin 5:00-8:30 pm. A special PRIDE event to address the mental health and substance use needs of the LGBTQ+ community in Marin.
Marin’s Strategic Plan for Suicide Prevention and Annual Reports
Marin County Board of Supervisors approved the County's first Suicide Prevention Strategic Plan in February 2020. This seven-strategy plan is our call to action to reduce deaths by suicide and suicide attempts in our community. At the heart of this plan is the knowledge that preventing suicide is achievable. Together, we are challenging our long held beliefs and perceptions about suicide and creating a new way to work across agencies and institutions to prevent suicide. To learn more about the work we've accomplished in our first year, please read the newly released Annual Report: 2022-23.
NEW! Data Dashboard and the Suicide and Overdose Fatality Review
Marin County HHS recently released a suicide prevention data dashboard for public access. Viewing the dashboard will allow a greater understanding of those disproportionately impacted by suicide.
Data collected by the recent launch of the Suicide & Overdose Fatality Review Committee will also help inform real-time trends and determine who in the community is at risk for suicide and overdose. Learn more here.
Know the Facts, Give Support, and Get Support
From Compassion to Action: A Community Guide to Suicide Prevention and Support in Marin County
The Guide "From Compassion to Action: A Community Guide to Suicide Prevention and Support" is a one of it's kind resource to create awareness and action (available in English and Spanish). This Guide provides foundation information, strategies to talk with someone in distress, and thoughts on how to best support attempt survivors and those bereaved by suicide. This Guide can be used for Conversation Circles as implemented during September Suicide Prevention and Recovery Month in 2022.
