Make Every Conversation Count for Suicide Prevention & Awareness Month
This September, Suicide Prevention & Awareness Month, learn more about how you can get involved with our mission and start lifesaving conversations in your community.
Start a Conversation
Listen, Ask, Get Help
Many people are afraid to talk about suicide, but it is often a great relief to someone thinking about suicide to know that you have noticed their pain. You can be the first step towards help for someone you care about by recognizing the warning signs of suicide and taking steps to make them feel heard.
Attend Our Events
Samaritans hosts virtual and in-person events to bring our community together, start important conversations about suicide prevention and mental health, and support suicide loss survivors.
Kennedy’s Wicked Long Walk
Friday, September 12, 2025
Our favorite radio host, Kennedy Elsey of Mix 104.1, is lacing up her sneakers again for youth mental health. She will walk 13 miles along Washington Street to spread awareness and raise critical funds for Samaritans and Hey Sam. Cheer Kennedy on and donate to her walk to show young people they are not alone.
Building Safer Communities Webinar:
Gun Violence & Suicide Prevention in Massachusetts
Friday, September 19, 2025 | 12:00-1:00 p.m. ET
Join Samaritans and a panel of gun violence experts, state legislators, and advocates for a critical conversation on the current landscape of gun safety laws. You will leave this webinar with concrete tools and resources for having meaningful conversations that can save lives and create safer communities in Massachusetts.
27th Annual 5K Run/Walk for Suicide Prevention
Saturday, September 27, 2025 | 8:00 a.m. ET
Each year, our community comes together during Suicide Prevention Month for this powerful day of connection, reflection, and hope. Register as an individual, start a team with your friends and family, or sign up as a volunteer to make this special day possible.
Community Gathering on Suicide Prevention:
Samaritans 2025 Annual Meeting
Thursday, October 23, 2025 | 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. ET
Hear from Kyle Anagnos, a suicide loss survivor who found healing and hope through our community and ran the Boston and New York Marathons for Samaritans. Discover how the Every Conversation Counts campaign allows us to offer new, innovative programming and reach more people with our lifesaving services.
Get Grief Support
Samaritans SafePlace meetings are peer support groups offering nonjudgmental listening, peer connection, and shared understanding for those who have lost someone to suicide. We offer virtual and in-person groups, as well as groups for specific populations, including parents and the LGBTQ+ community.
Our Community Partners
We partner with nonprofit organizations and local leaders to develop suicide prevention strategies that meet the unique needs of high-risk and marginalized communities, including young people, Black and Latinx communities, LGBTQ+ people, and certain professions, like veterinarians, professional truck drivers, and construction workers.
Learn about how our community partners prevent suicide in September and throughout the year.
Every Conversation
Counts
A campaign to create a world without suicide,
where everyone has someone to talk to
Our Services
The Every Conversation Counts campaign allows us to expand our existing services and offer new, innovative programs that help us reach more people when they need us the most.
Every day, hundreds of people reach out to us for compassionate support, and we are ready to listen, 24/7. As awareness grows for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, we must grow our capacity so we can “answer the call” for all who reach out – day or night.
Hey Sam provides peer-to-peer support via text for teens and young people up to 24 years old. Text 439-726, 9 a.m. – 12 a.m. (midnight) ET.
Suicide Grief Support Services
Losing a loved one to suicide is a painful and difficult experience. Samaritans is here to offer suicide loss survivors nonjudgmental listening and peer support. We provide many programs to support survivors in their grieving.
Community Education & Outreach
Building expertise to prevent suicide is critical to our mission. We’re here to teach communities how to recognize warning signs of suicide and provide support. Schedule a free suicide prevention workshop for your school, workplace, or community.
Survivors of Suicide Attempts (SOSA) Support Group
Our suicide attempt survivor support group can help people who have attempted to take their lives connect in a nonjudgmental and empathetic environment.
Local Outreach to Suicide Survivors (LOSS) Teams
Local Outreach to Suicide Survivors (LOSS) Teams are a collaboration between first responders and trained suicide loss survivor volunteers to provide compassionate listening and timely resources to families following a suicide.
“I am grateful to be a part of a group that gives darkness a voice.”
Suicide Attempt Survivor
