Dear friends,
Grassroots Training warmly invites you to attend an event to
mark World Suicide Prevention Day, and to launch ‘Suicide Safer Brighton,’ a
collaborative campaign to designate Brighton & Hove as a suicide safer
community.
The event will take place at 19.00 on 10th
September 2012 at the Latest Music Bar, Manchester Street, Brighton BN2 1TF.
We are honoured to confirm the following guest speakers:
·
Kate Bornstein from the USA (author of ‘Hello
Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks and Other Outlaws’)
via Skype
·
Roy Henry Vickers
(Canadian First Nations artist and community activist) via Skype
·
Sinead O’Connor (Irish singer-songwriter) via Skype
·
Kevin Betts (Brighton’s very own 52 Marathon
Man)
The theme of
World Suicide Prevention Day this year is ‘Protective Factors and Instilling
Hope’ www.iasp.info/wspd/ You are
invited to bring a photo or an object that instills hope in you, to contribute
to a photography project.
The whole event will be streamed live online: you can watch it all at www.grassrootstraining.org.uk
The whole event will be streamed live online: you can watch it all at www.grassrootstraining.org.uk
You can RSVP at our Facebook page:http://bit.ly/GrWSPD
We hope to see you there!
Chris Brown, Co-Director
