Organizing an AFSP National Survivors of Suicide Day Conference Site
Best Wishes
From Alaska to Australia, and Kansas to Kenya, survivors of suicide loss will be joining together at over 275 conference sites in 20 different countries this Saturday for National Survivors of Suicide Day. In recognition of the growing international reach of this powerful program and the work of the organizers around the globe, starting next year it will be known as International Survivors of Suicide Day.
On behalf of AFSP, we wish you all the best with your conference on Saturday and we thank you for your dedication to helping survivors of suicide loss.
« DAY-OF CONFERENCE REMINDERS
· Test DVD, all audio-visual equipment and webcast connections as early as possible. Webcast testing can begin as early as 9:00 a.m. EST. Details can be found on page 3 of the Technical Information Sheet. (Bring a hard copy of this sheet with you on Saturday.)
· Attendee Evaluation Forms – Please ask each attendee to fill out an Evaluation Form. 40 of these were mailed to the primary organizer for each site and a copy is also attached to this message. Please make additional photocopies as necessary. We review every single evaluation and take feedback very seriously.
« AFTERWARDS
· Mail Completed Attendee Evaluation Forms to AFSP Survivor Initiatives Dept, 120 Wall Street, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10005.
· Attendee List – Please send a list of all attendees (or copies of your local registration forms) with attendee contact information (full name, address, phone, & email) so AFSP can share information on future resources and programs for surviving suicide loss.
· Organizer Feedback – We will ask each organizer to complete a short online survey on Monday. Please take a few moments to fill it out and share your feedback.
· Save the Date & Spread the Word: International Survivors of Suicide Day is Saturday, November 19, 2011.
Please be in touch if you have any questions at all. We are here to help.
Thanks, and take good care,
Joanne and Rebecca
Joanne Harpel, Director of Survivor Initiatives -jharpel@afsp.org or 212-363-3500 ext. 32.
Rebecca Thorp, Survivor Initiatives Manager - rthorp@afsp.org or 212-363-3500 ext.33.
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
120 Wall Street, 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10005
Fax (212) 363-6237
www.afsp.org
Friday, November 19, 2010
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Organizing an AFSP National Survivors of Suicide Day Conference Site
E-Bulletin - Final Details
Over 275 sites are participating in the 12th Annual National Survivors of Suicide Day on Saturday, November 20, 2010. Thank you.
« TO DO TODAY
· If you do not receive a package containing the DVD and attendee handouts by the end of the business day today, please email rthorp@afsp.org right away.
· Don’t wait - test the DVD using the equipment you plan to use on the day of the event.
· If you haven’t done so already, give your local technical organizer the Technical Information Sheet (also attached). Make sure you have a printed copy with you on National Survivors of Suicide Day.
· If you plan to show the webcast, you must perform tests in advance today, Monday, November 15th and the morning of November 20th. Details are on pages 2-3 of the Technical Information Sheet.
« TO DO ON NATIONAL SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE DAY
· Test your DVD, all audio-visual equipment and webcast connections. Testing details can be found in the Technical Information Sheet.
· Set up room(s) - Make sure you have chairs for attendees. If you plan to have food, activities, or discussion groups, make sure you have space allocated. It’s also nice to have tissues in each room.
· Post large, clear signage that says “National Survivors of Suicide Day” outside the building. You may also need additional signage inside the building, especially if you are having discussion groups, activities, or food in different rooms.
· Greet attendees - We highly recommend having at least 1 greeter at the door, plus a greeter who can take down the names of attendees and hand out any name tags or materials you may be providing.
· Attendee Evaluation Forms – Ask each attendee to fill out an Evaluation Form. 40 of these forms were mailed to the primary organizer and a copy is also attached to this message. If you expect more than 40 attendees at your site, please photocopy more. We read every single evaluation, and take feedback very seriously.
« AFTERWARDS
· Attendee Evaluation Forms –Mail forms back to AFSP Survivor Initiatives Dept, 120 Wall Street, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10005 and let us know how many attendees you had.
· Attendee List – Please send a list of all attendees (or copies of local registration forms) with attendee contact information (full name, address, phone, & email) so AFSP can share information on future resources and programs.
· Organizer Feedback – We will email each organizer a short questionnaire on Monday, November, 22rd. Please take a few moments on that day to share your feedback with us so we can continue to improve National Survivors of Suicide Day.
· Save the Date for Next Year– Saturday, November 19, 2011
Please be in touch if you have any questions at all. We are here to help.
Thanks, and take good care,
Joanne and Rebecca
Joanne Harpel, Director of Survivor Initiatives -jharpel@afsp.org or 212-363-3500 ext. 32.
Rebecca Thorp, Survivor Initiatives Manager - rthorp@afsp.org or 212-363-3500 ext. 33.
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
120 Wall Street, 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10005
Fax (212) 363-6237
www.afsp.org
E-Bulletin - Final Details
Over 275 sites are participating in the 12th Annual National Survivors of Suicide Day on Saturday, November 20, 2010. Thank you.
« TO DO TODAY
· If you do not receive a package containing the DVD and attendee handouts by the end of the business day today, please email rthorp@afsp.org right away.
· Don’t wait - test the DVD using the equipment you plan to use on the day of the event.
· If you haven’t done so already, give your local technical organizer the Technical Information Sheet (also attached). Make sure you have a printed copy with you on National Survivors of Suicide Day.
· If you plan to show the webcast, you must perform tests in advance today, Monday, November 15th and the morning of November 20th. Details are on pages 2-3 of the Technical Information Sheet.
« TO DO ON NATIONAL SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE DAY
· Test your DVD, all audio-visual equipment and webcast connections. Testing details can be found in the Technical Information Sheet.
· Set up room(s) - Make sure you have chairs for attendees. If you plan to have food, activities, or discussion groups, make sure you have space allocated. It’s also nice to have tissues in each room.
· Post large, clear signage that says “National Survivors of Suicide Day” outside the building. You may also need additional signage inside the building, especially if you are having discussion groups, activities, or food in different rooms.
· Greet attendees - We highly recommend having at least 1 greeter at the door, plus a greeter who can take down the names of attendees and hand out any name tags or materials you may be providing.
· Attendee Evaluation Forms – Ask each attendee to fill out an Evaluation Form. 40 of these forms were mailed to the primary organizer and a copy is also attached to this message. If you expect more than 40 attendees at your site, please photocopy more. We read every single evaluation, and take feedback very seriously.
« AFTERWARDS
· Attendee Evaluation Forms –Mail forms back to AFSP Survivor Initiatives Dept, 120 Wall Street, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10005 and let us know how many attendees you had.
· Attendee List – Please send a list of all attendees (or copies of local registration forms) with attendee contact information (full name, address, phone, & email) so AFSP can share information on future resources and programs.
· Organizer Feedback – We will email each organizer a short questionnaire on Monday, November, 22rd. Please take a few moments on that day to share your feedback with us so we can continue to improve National Survivors of Suicide Day.
· Save the Date for Next Year– Saturday, November 19, 2011
Please be in touch if you have any questions at all. We are here to help.
Thanks, and take good care,
Joanne and Rebecca
Joanne Harpel, Director of Survivor Initiatives -jharpel@afsp.org or 212-363-3500 ext. 32.
Rebecca Thorp, Survivor Initiatives Manager - rthorp@afsp.org or 212-363-3500 ext. 33.
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
120 Wall Street, 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10005
Fax (212) 363-6237
www.afsp.org
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
Subhash Children Society is a registered N.G.O. under Society Registration Act 21, 1860. The society is engaged in the field of child protection for last three decades. At initial stage the society was formed and actively run by the children between the age group 14 yrs to 16 yrs in year 1980. Now, these children are in adult category and posses vast experience in the field of child protection and over all development of the child. In order to make best use of their working experience now the society is running several projects related to over all development of street children, disabled children, Railway platform children. Child labour, orphaned, beggar children, school children and other needy children in the society.
Under the different projects run by the society children are being supported in obtaining proper education, good health, vocational training in different courses, by offering them good living conditions, by protecting their rights. The society is also actively engaged in providing other services to needy children like shelter, their rehabilitation, emergency help through Child Line (1098) project, awareness about child rights, awareness about environment, protecting them from child abuse and extend them best possible support in order to ensure them justice.
Subhash Children Soceity wishes you a very happy diwali.
Thanks.
(KAMAL KANT )
President
Subhash children society /
328/7,NLC,Kidwai Nagar Kanpur
Uttar Pradesh India -208011
Phone 91-0512-2612847,2614312, MO.9235820719
subhashchildren@rediffmail.com
subhashchildren@sifymail.com
www.subhashchildren.org/ www.subhashchildren.com
Under the different projects run by the society children are being supported in obtaining proper education, good health, vocational training in different courses, by offering them good living conditions, by protecting their rights. The society is also actively engaged in providing other services to needy children like shelter, their rehabilitation, emergency help through Child Line (1098) project, awareness about child rights, awareness about environment, protecting them from child abuse and extend them best possible support in order to ensure them justice.
Subhash Children Soceity wishes you a very happy diwali.
Thanks.
(KAMAL KANT )
President
Subhash children society /
328/7,NLC,Kidwai Nagar Kanpur
Uttar Pradesh India -208011
Phone 91-0512-2612847,2614312, MO.9235820719
subhashchildren@rediffmail.com
subhashchildren@sifymail.com
www.subhashchildren.org/ www.subhashchildren.com
Monday, November 08, 2010
“Kitney log? kaun janta hai ? hazaro lashey thikaney lagayi hai mainey”. (How many people, who knows ? I have taken care of thousands of dead bodies). The frail, lost, over 80 years old Habib murmurs on a recent visit to the footpath where he still lives in Delhi.
Nothing has changed in Habib’s life, except there is now a small horn on the tricycle he uses for picking up bodies from different places. He is still on the footpath with his blind wife Amna begum. The little girl who shocked me 19 years ago with her statement - “when I feel cold I hug the dead body and sleep. It does not trouble me, it does not turn around” is a grown up women today. Habib still gets news of dead bodies to be picked up. Like every year, he is worried about winters, since the number of deaths doubles almost on a daily basis but Habib is more worried about what will happen after him? Who will pick up a person who comes to Delhi in search of a job and dies on the roads due to lack of woolens.
I have been following Habib for many years now. His story and GOONJ’s in-depth work on clothing over the years has reaffirmed my belief that ‘winters are a much bigger disaster than earthquake or floods'. The irony is that it’s a regular, known disaster, more people die in winters due to lack of clothing and we don’t even call it an unnatural death, maintain records or give compensation. Earthquake or floods don’t discriminate between rich and poor. but on the other hand in winters, in the same city one person dies because of cold while I survive.. enjoy my life.. at the same place, in the same temperature. The culprit is not winters or cold, it’s the lack of clothing which kills people..
w
GOONJ has been working towards making clothing a matter of concern through its nationwide movement Vastra- Samman for the last many years and I’m happy that it has started getting
its due place. A basic, ignored need of the human kind is now getting a wider attention of agencies, media, corporates, government and the larger public.
ejk
The recently concluded Joy of Giving Week was a good success; a wide spectrum of people and organizations joined the initiative. More recently Whirlpool and GOONJ have launched Ek Jodi Kapda; a pan India campaign. It’s a vibrant, mass scale effort to talk about the issue, raise awareness to a larger audience and collect material. It’s your chance to join the initiative. The collection centers in many cities are active till November 10th. Do visit www.ekjodikapda.com to find out more about the campaign and your nearest collection centre. Do write back at mail@goonj.org or call up 011-41401216 in case you need more information.
Meanwhile 50 people have joined GOONJ’s TEAM 2000. We are hoping to bring together a strong team of 2000 people who commit a sum of Rs. 10,000/- (about $ 250) per annum i.e just about Rs. 800/- a month to GOONJ. Feel free to commit less or more. There is no compulsion or restriction that you have to do this for a lifetime.. as long as you have faith in our work or can do it- do it . This will make us self sufficient in terms of our regular expenses while any extra funds generated will be used for growth, expansion and wider replication.
g
Given a vast base of friends and well wishers, we are confident that this is achievable. We do hope that like all other initiatives TEAM 2000 is also largely volunteers driven. Apart from signing up we certainly want you to talk to your friends, relatives and colleagues to join the team..
A cheque/draft in the name of GOONJ with your full name, address, Pan No., email ID & Tel. Number can be sent to J-93, Sarita Vihar, New Delhi-76. Please click here to download the form. All the financial contributions in India are tax exempted u/s 80G of IT act. Write back to mail@goonj.org if you want to make an online transfer.
Keep referring www.goonj.org and join us on facebook . We’ll soon be uploading the reports on the Joy of Giving Week and our Leh Floods relief work on the website.
Over to you..
With best
anshu
Anshu Gupta (Ashoka Fellow)
Founder Director
GOONJ..
Tel:- 011- 26972351, 41401216
Add- J-93, Sarita Vihar, New Delhi-76
Website:- www.goonj.org
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Nothing has changed in Habib’s life, except there is now a small horn on the tricycle he uses for picking up bodies from different places. He is still on the footpath with his blind wife Amna begum. The little girl who shocked me 19 years ago with her statement - “when I feel cold I hug the dead body and sleep. It does not trouble me, it does not turn around” is a grown up women today. Habib still gets news of dead bodies to be picked up. Like every year, he is worried about winters, since the number of deaths doubles almost on a daily basis but Habib is more worried about what will happen after him? Who will pick up a person who comes to Delhi in search of a job and dies on the roads due to lack of woolens.
I have been following Habib for many years now. His story and GOONJ’s in-depth work on clothing over the years has reaffirmed my belief that ‘winters are a much bigger disaster than earthquake or floods'. The irony is that it’s a regular, known disaster, more people die in winters due to lack of clothing and we don’t even call it an unnatural death, maintain records or give compensation. Earthquake or floods don’t discriminate between rich and poor. but on the other hand in winters, in the same city one person dies because of cold while I survive.. enjoy my life.. at the same place, in the same temperature. The culprit is not winters or cold, it’s the lack of clothing which kills people..
w
GOONJ has been working towards making clothing a matter of concern through its nationwide movement Vastra- Samman for the last many years and I’m happy that it has started getting
its due place. A basic, ignored need of the human kind is now getting a wider attention of agencies, media, corporates, government and the larger public.
ejk
The recently concluded Joy of Giving Week was a good success; a wide spectrum of people and organizations joined the initiative. More recently Whirlpool and GOONJ have launched Ek Jodi Kapda; a pan India campaign. It’s a vibrant, mass scale effort to talk about the issue, raise awareness to a larger audience and collect material. It’s your chance to join the initiative. The collection centers in many cities are active till November 10th. Do visit www.ekjodikapda.com to find out more about the campaign and your nearest collection centre. Do write back at mail@goonj.org or call up 011-41401216 in case you need more information.
Meanwhile 50 people have joined GOONJ’s TEAM 2000. We are hoping to bring together a strong team of 2000 people who commit a sum of Rs. 10,000/- (about $ 250) per annum i.e just about Rs. 800/- a month to GOONJ. Feel free to commit less or more. There is no compulsion or restriction that you have to do this for a lifetime.. as long as you have faith in our work or can do it- do it . This will make us self sufficient in terms of our regular expenses while any extra funds generated will be used for growth, expansion and wider replication.
g
Given a vast base of friends and well wishers, we are confident that this is achievable. We do hope that like all other initiatives TEAM 2000 is also largely volunteers driven. Apart from signing up we certainly want you to talk to your friends, relatives and colleagues to join the team..
A cheque/draft in the name of GOONJ with your full name, address, Pan No., email ID & Tel. Number can be sent to J-93, Sarita Vihar, New Delhi-76. Please click here to download the form. All the financial contributions in India are tax exempted u/s 80G of IT act. Write back to mail@goonj.org if you want to make an online transfer.
Keep referring www.goonj.org and join us on facebook . We’ll soon be uploading the reports on the Joy of Giving Week and our Leh Floods relief work on the website.
Over to you..
With best
anshu
Anshu Gupta (Ashoka Fellow)
Founder Director
GOONJ..
Tel:- 011- 26972351, 41401216
Add- J-93, Sarita Vihar, New Delhi-76
Website:- www.goonj.org
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