Vermont Suicide Prevention Symposium 2020
LIVE Virtual Keynotes Speakers and Workshops
Tuesday, August 18, 2020 8:45 am — 4:30 pm
Vermont Suicide Prevention Symposium 2020, Brining Resiliency Into Focus is honored to showcase these amazing presenters at this years event that will be VIRTUAL for the first time! In addition to the four diverse and talented Keynote speakers, we have over 20 presenters with a wide range of expertise speaking about their life experiences.
Dese’Rae L. Stage
Pata Suyemoto — Ph.D.
Jennifer Kelliher
Hasan Davis — J.D.
The Symposium will engage a broad array of stakeholders to expand community based and cross sector approaches to suicide.
Audience:
Healthcare, social services, substance misuse and mental health providers across a continuum of care, representatives of community based organizations and state agencies that serve youth, families and adults across the lifespan, local and state policy makers, and people with lived experience.
Objectives:
1) Empower and engage community-wide stakeholders in Zero Suicide strategies, evidence-based practices, and lessons learned.
2) Facilitate connections between substance misuse and suicide prevention stakeholders and programs to advance effective prevention strategies.
3) Share community-based approaches to suicide prevention including new ways to form innovative collaborations.
4) Increase knowledge about risk and protective factors and recommended strategies for working with vulnerable populations.
Learn about all the presenters!
Thank You Sponsors!
Keynote Presentations
Bringing Resiliency Into Focus
Widening the Lens: Social Justice and Racial Equity in Suicide Prevention
August 18th – 10:15 – 10:45 AM
In order to begin to address the disparity in efforts around suicide prevention, we need to widen our lens to include a perspective of social justice and racial equity.Away from No way: Every Child Has a Story, Every Story Deserves Heroes
August 18th – 1:00 – 1:30 PM
Hasan will share the simple strategies his personal champions employed to help him complete the “JD shuffle” and go from Hasan Davis Juvenile Delinquent to Hasan Davis Juris Doctor.