MBRACE Life Suicide Prevention Summit next week

The Fifth Annual MBRACE Life Summit for Suicide Prevention is September 25 and 26 at the Lodge at Cliff Castle in Camp Verde, Ariz. The Summit targets Native American youth and counselors, teachers, health care providers or other community members who work with Native American youth to raise awareness and fight stigma of suicide.

Presenter topics include:

• Combining Traditional Ceremonies with Conventional Treatment
• Working to Reduce Alcohol Availability to Minors
• Suicide Safety Planning
• Recovery: Embracing the 12-Step Philosophy of Healing
• Two Spirit Presentation
• Gang Activity as a Contributing Factor for Adolescent Suicide
• Healing Herbs
  

Sweat lodges, a prayer tree and other ceremonies also will be observed.

For more information visit http://mbracelife.org,
or contact Rachel Peterson at rachel.peterson@narbha.0rg.

The Summit is a project of the Native American Suicide Prevention and Awareness Coalition (NASPAC) and the Northern Arizona Regional Behavioral Health Authority (NARBHA).