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Forefront Suicide Prevention Advocacy and Education Day (Olympia)

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Come be a part of the solution to prevent suicide in WA state:

• Participate in the legislative process
• Attend a Safer Homes, Suicide Aware event with a free locking device giveaway
• Participate in the Ceremony of Remembrance & Hope
• Train in suicide prevention
• Dispose of unused medications

February 11, 2019
Olympia, WA
8 am – 4 pm

All Education Day activities will be in Olympia, at the Capitol Campus and at the Woman’s Club of Olympia two blocks away. Bus transportation will be provide to and from the University of Washington Seattle Campus. Breakfast and lunch will be provided.

Schedule: 

8 AM:Understanding the legislative process and orientation
Woman’s Club of Olympia 9 AM:Understanding the legislative process and orientation
Woman’s Club of Olympia 9:30-11:00 AM:Forefront Suicide Prevention LEARN Saves lives training
Woman’s Club of Olympia 11:00-12:00 PM:Lunch
Woman’s Club of Olympia 12:15-1:00 PM:Ceremony of Remembrance & Hope at the Safer Homes MemorialCapitol Lawn 1:00 – 3:00 PM:SAFER HOMES, SUICIDE AWARE: Locking device giveaway and drug disposal
Capitol Lawn 8:00-4:00 PM:Meet with legislators (optional)
State Legislators’ Offices