Region Director:

Rene Barrett
P. O. Box 22-1891
Hollywood FL 33022-1891
954 257-4568
954 927-1124 - Fax
myadvocate@bellsouth.net
Founding Executive Director & Hon. Board Member
Florida Initiative for Suicide Prevention, Inc.

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                      FOR TEENS, COLLEGE STUDENTS OR SENIORS        

                             HELP YOURSELF AND YOUR NEW FRIENDS

                            SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS    

Aventura
 

DATE:             2^nd and 3^rd Mondays of the month

TIME:             7:15 - 8:30PM

PLACE:           Beth Torah Adath Yeshurun, 20350 NE 26th Avenue, Aventura 

COST:               No Charge

CONTACT:    Dr. Maya Bat-Ami or Chiqui Prinz

Davie

DATE:            1st and 3^RD Wednesday each month

                              TIME:            7:00 - 8:30 PM

                              PLACE:         The Atrium Center, Conference Room

                         4801 S. University Drive

                                                      Davie, FL. 33328   (West side of University Drive)

COST:             No Charge

CONTACT:    Sheryl Bellman (954) 384-0344

Miami
 

DATE:            1^st and 3^rd Wednesday each month ( Starting February 15^th   2006)

TIME:             7:00 – 8:30 PM      

PLACE:          Mercy Hospital

                    3663 South Miami Avenue-(Oncology Dept Conference Room)

COST:             No Charge

CONTACT:   Caroline Pennington (954) 384-0344                          

POMPANO BEACH

Group Name & Meeting Time:
Survivor of Suicide Support Group

Contact:
Linda Foris (954-924-0014
www.fisponline.org

Meeting Place:
North Broward Medical Center
201 E Sample Road
Pompano Beach, FL

Meeting Day(s) / Meeting Time:
2nd & 4th Saturday each Month

Facilitated by:
Charge:  No
Newsletter:
Counties served:  Broward

A person dies by suicide every eighteen minutes in the United States, and hundreds of thousands of family members, friends and co-workers — "survivors" — are left behind to cope with their pain and their questions. On Saturday, November 20, 2004, thousands of survivors of suicide from across the nation will join together for support, healing, information and empowerment as part of the Sixth Annual National Survivors of Suicide Day, sponsored by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) and hosted and sponsored in part by the Florida Initiative for Suicide Prevention (FISP).

For those residing in Broward County and vicinity, this day of healing includes local suicide support group leaders, as well as specialists in the field, Dr. Maya Bat-Ami and Certified Grief Specialist Mr. Bob Sands. (For other site locations, go to www.afsp.com.) The event takes place at the campus at Nova Southeastern University, 3200 So. University Dr., Davie, Florida, in the Chancellor’s Dining Room, at 10:00 a.m.  Brunch and snacks for the day are included in the registration fee of $15.00. Registration can be online at fisp@earthlink.net or by telephone at (954) 924-0014. Scholarships are available by contacting FISP.

Linking the local event to over 50 simultaneous survivor conferences across the U.S. through live satellite broadcast, National Survivors of Suicide Day helps bereaved survivors express and understand the powerful and often immobilizing emotions they experience, connecting with others who have survived and are brave enough to bare their souls, having lost a loved one to suicide. The nationwide program features panel discussions with Dr. John Maltsberger, professor of clinical psychiatry at Harvard University, and Dr. Raymond DePaulo Jr., director of psychiatry at John Hopkins University, and chief of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Hospital. A panel discussion of surviving suicide loss follows. The teleconference will also be broadcast on the AFSP website, www.afsp.org.

For more information about National Survivors of Suicide Day, to find a conference site nearest you, or to register for the webcast, log on to www.afsp.org or locally call the Florida Initiative for Suicide Prevention, Inc. (FISP) at (954) 924-0014 or the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention at (561) 394-7979.