NAMI presents Suicide Prevention Awareness program in Spanish

Submitted by paula on Fri, 09/08/2017 - 7:26pm
Event Date: 
September 12, 2017 - 5:00pm

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is teaming up with the Family Resource Center to present Suicide Prevention Awareness and Mental Health 101" entirely in Spanish on Tuesday, September 12 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Suicide is the second leading cause of death in the Unites States among ages 15-34 and third leading cause of death for those ages 10-14. Four our of every five that die by suicide are male.

"Our hearts go out to the family's who lost loved ones to suicide in the Latino Community this past quarter," said Jeanne Nelson of NAMI-El Dorado.

The presentation will take place at the Family Resource Center located at 3501 Spruce Avenue #B, South Lake Tahoe.

SLT warmline in English: 650-740-5776
SLT warmline in Spanish: 775-407-0306

NAMI El Dorado County provides education, awareness and advocacy at no cost to the community.

NAMI El Dorado County's website is available in 18 different languages - https://namieldoradocounty.org/.