Welcome to Living Beyond Suicide
For too long, suicide prevention has been based on fear and an over-medicalized framework; this approach has not been proven to be effective. The people who have the most knowledge of “what works” are the people who have lived through suicide, and yet these voices are often discounted. Living Beyond Suicide exists to fix this gap as an initiative designed to foster learning, engage diverse voices of experience, and promote engagement in issues of suicide and suicide prevention in new ways. It brings together diverse minds and hearts for co-education and provocative dialogue, with a focus on the intersections of suicide, social injustice, public health, human rights, and community empowerment.
We are the Living Beyond Suicide initiative, a community of people with a diverse experiences around suicide. We come together with the intention of bringing our lived experience to inform policy and practices because we are the ones who have “been there.” We also offer our lived expertise to the world in the hope that people may see that many have experiences around suicide - and that there is life beyond those experiences. We are a vibrant, thriving community with lots of stories to tell.
We are so glad that you found us.
