CALM Conversations

This 90-minute workshop will take place on Friday, October 10, 2025 from 10AM – 11:30AM at Frist Presbyterian Church in Beaver, PA (252 College Ave., Beaver, PA 15009). This workshop is designed to provide support staff, friends, and family with information on how to recognize and respond to suicide risk. It also focuses on reducing access to lethal means, especially firearms. Participants learn how to talk with someone who may be having thoughts of suicide in a collaborative, nonjudgmental, and supportive manner. 

Workshop Participants will learn:

• Basic facts and misconceptions about suicide, common risk factors and warning signs, and the importance of means safety in keeping at-risk individuals safe
• How to ask about mood and suicide
• How to proivde support to at-risk individuals
• How to make the environment safer for an at-risk individual until mood improves. 

RSVP by calling/texting Liz at 412.992.1646 or emailing her at Ebottort@classcommunity.org.

Learn more at www.calmamerica.org.