Film screening in Red Deer for World Suicide Prevention Day
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World Suicide Prevention Day is on Tuesday and local advocates say the act of preventing someone from going down that path is a community effort.
To mark the day, Suicide Information and Education Services is screening ‘The S Word,’ a film about people who have attempted and survived suicide. It goes from 6-8 p.m. at CrossRoads Church.
“Suicide is a human issue, so the screening is an opportunity for people to come together and look at suicide from a different perspective. The film is about survivors and how they’re moving forward, and consciously choosing life,” says Dawne Adkins, a certified grief specialist.
“Suicide comes with a ton of stigma in our community and society unfortunately, and we work very diligently every day to break that down. It’s not a certain type of person that can struggle with suicidal thoughts, it can truly affect anyone. So it’s about how do we prevent people from getting to that place and how do we each do our part in supporting each other as community members?”
