Suicide Prevention Alliance Annual Conference, Harrisburg, PA
4th Annual Suicide Prevention Alliance Conference
Theme: Turning Passion into Action
Best Western Premier The Central Hotel & Conference Center in Harrisburg, PA
AnneMoss will be the keynote speaker on August 5 as well as a panel participant following the keynote.
9:00 am – 10:30 am: AnneMoss Rogers
Title: Turning Grief into Action: Addressing Gaps in Suicide Prevention
Description:
After years of seeking help for her once joyful son and rap artist, AnneMoss Rogers watched helplessly as Charles spiraled into depression and heroin addiction, ending in his shocking suicide in 2015 at age 20. Drawing on her lived experience and training, she exposes the gaps in suicide prevention—what’s missing in our systems, communities, and conversations—and shows how grief can be transformed into passionate, purposeful action. Through emotionally naked honesty, AnneMoss demonstrates how dogged persistence can create lasting change.
Takeaways:
- What we can do by identifying struggles early and intervene before a crisis.
- Why lived experience matters: turning personal loss into passionate and purposeful action that resonates
- How to create meaning, impact, and a legacy one can carry forward
10:30 am – 10:45 am:
Break for refreshments and visiting with Sponsors in the Exhibit Hall
10:45 am – 12:15 pm: PANEL PRESENTATION
● Title: Lived Experience Panel
● Panel Moderator: Govan Martin
Description: Designed for survivors of suicide loss, support group facilitators, mental health professionals, and interested others, on the struggles, the pain, and the healing of their lived experience, and what did and didn’t help.
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm: Lunch and time with Sponsors.
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grief into action from resilience keynote speaker, AnneMoss Rogers