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Virtual - ZoomLearn about local resources, including programs designed to support communities of color. Find out how you can be the connection to support someone who is struggling.
Learn about local resources, including programs designed to support communities of color. Find out how you can be the connection to support someone who is struggling.
Join us at the 26th Annual 5K Run/Walk for Suicide Prevention to mark our 50 years of impact, honor loved ones lost to suicide, and support those who are struggling.
Join Samaritans on World Mental Health Day for a powerful and compassionate webinar featuring a panel of suicide loss survivors who will share their personal journeys of grief and healing.
Connect with our community, celebrate our 50th anniversary, and learn about a new grief support meeting for the LGBTQ+ community launching in September 2024.
Samaritans SafePlace meetings are open groups of caring people who have lost a loved one to suicide. SafePlace peer support groups for suicide loss survivors are facilitated by trained volunteers. SafePlace meetings are caring support groups for suicide loss survivors. Meetings are facilitated by trained volunteers who have also lost a loved one to suicide. SafePlace
Join us on Sunday, November 3, 2024 to cheer on our amazing Team Samaritans for the TCS New York City Marathon! This will be our 5th year running in NYC and all proceeds help fund Samaritans’ life saving services, including our 24/7 Helpline, suicide prevention workshops, and grief support services
To better serve our community, we are launching a new virtual SafePlace meeting for suicide loss survivors in the LGBTQ+ community.
Join us on International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day for a screening of the award-winning film, “Talking OutLOUD: Teens & Suicide Loss, A Conversation.”
This webinar, co-hosted by Samaritans and Greater Boston PFLAG, will explore how caregivers can manage their own mental health while supporting LGBTQ+ youth in their lives over the next four years. Families of LGBTQ+ individuals, particularly those with transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) youth, face unique challenges in a political climate that increasingly threatens their
Join our Annual Memorial to honor loved ones lost to suicide. At this open event, loss survivors and other members of the Samaritans community come together to connect, find support, and share memories.
SafePlace is not a professional therapy group, but rather a peer support group offering nonjudgmental listening, peer connection, and shared understanding.
This virtual presentation introduces Soul Exhaustion, a concept developed by Sarah Gaer to explore the profound effects of trauma, grief, and adverse life experiences on the human spirit. For those grieving the loss of a loved one to suicide, Soul Exhaustion provides a framework to acknowledge the depth of that loss beyond traditional grief models.