AFSP Throughout Illinois
AFSP engages in many activities that benefit Illinois. This is an overview of some of AFSP resources, programs and activities and where they impact.
Resources, Programs, & Events in Illinois:
- About AFSP, Surviving After Suicide Loss, & When You Fear Someone May Take Their Life Brochures (Available in Spanish) (Opportunity for Free Materials while Supplies last, contact chapter for details)
- AFSP Presentation Display Boards (Free to Volunteers while supplies last)
- AFSP Survivor e-Network (Free to Participate)
- After a Suicide: A Toolkit for Schools (Free)
- After Suicide Loss: Coping With Your Grief (Opportunity for Loaning Materials, contact chapter for details)
- Billboard Program (Free)
- Chapter Volunteer Opportunities (Free to Participate)
- Child Survivors of Suicide: A Guide for Those Who Care for Them (Available in Spanish) (Opportunity for Loaning Materials, contact chapter for details)
- Depression & Bipolar Awareness Day (Free to Attend)
- Doctors with Depression (Free)
- Facilitating Suicide Bereavement Support Groups in Person Training (Contact the Illinois Chapter of AFSP for details)
- Facilitating Suicide Bereavement Support Groups: A Self-Study Package with DVD (Opportunity for Loaning Materials, contact chapter for details)
- Fata Mistakes: Families Touched by Suicide DVD (Opportunity for Loaning Materials, contact chapter for details)
- Interactive Screening Program (Opportunity for Free, contact chapter for details)
- International Survivor of Suicide Day (Free to Attend)
- Internship Opportunities
- Legislative Field Advocate Program (Free to Participate)
- LGBT Suicide Prevention Conference
- Lifekeeper Memory Quilt Program (Free to Participate)
- LinkedIn Group, Twitter Acount (@AFSPIllinois) and Facebook Page (Free)
- More Than Sad: Suicide Prevention Education for Teachers and Other School Personnel (Free whlie grant lasts - Contact us at illinois@afsp.org to order)
- More Than Sad: Teen Depression (Free whlie grant lasts - Contact us at illinois@afsp.org to order)
- Out of the Darkness Chicagoland Community Walk (Free to Attend)
- Out of the Darkness Community Walks (Free to Attend)
- Physician Depression and Suicide Prevention DVD (Opportunity for Loaning Materials, contact chapter for details)
- Staff Support and Information'
- Standardized Presentations on Suicide Prevention (Free)
- Struggling in Silence/Out of the Silence Outreach (DVD) This 2 DVD set includes: Struggling in Silence: Physician Depression and Suicide Community Resource Video, Out of the Silence: Medical Student Depression and Suicide, and printable resource guide and slide set for both films (Opportunity for Loaning Materials, contact chapter for details)
- Surviving a Suicide Loss: A Financial Guide (Opportunity for Loaning Materials, contact chapter for details)
- Surviving after Suicide Loss: A Resource and Healing Guide(Free)
- Survivor Outreach Program Resource Packets(Free. Available in print by contacting chapter)
- Survivor Outreach Program Visits by Phone (Free)
- Survivor Outreach Program Visits in Person(Free)
- Talking About Suicide & LGBT Populations - Recommendations for Discussing LGBT Suicide (Free)
- The Truth about Suicide: Real Stories of Depression in College DVD (Opportunity for Loaning Materials, contact chapter for details)
- Town Hall on Suicide Prevention Research
- Numerous other printed and media resources
- Additional events are listed at www.afsp.org/ilevents
National AFSP Programs that Benefit Illinois:
Click here for a pdf printable hand out that highlights some of the Resources available in Illinois thanks to the generous support of our Community Walkers.
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