<p><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"><span style="font-weight:normal">Hi all, </span><br></span></font></b></p><p>Please see the event announcement below and share with anyone you think might be interested. <br>
</p><p>Thank you,<br>Robbie<br></p><p><b><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><font size="4">Symposium on LGBT Suicide Prevention: A Call To Action</font>
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<p><b><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">June 18<sup>th</sup>, 2011</span></font></b></b></p>
<p><b><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">12:00pm - 6:00pm</span></font></b></b></p><p><b><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Bentley</span></font></b></b><b><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">
University Waltham, MA</span></font></b></b></p>
<p><b><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">The
Greater Boston Chapter of The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) has designed this program to place LGBT
Suicide Prevention on the state and national agenda,
and provide a framework for actions aimed at reducing suicidal behavior
in LGBT populations. This call to action seeks to address gaps in
knowledge and prevention. <br></span></font></b></b></p>
<p><b><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Keynote Speech by Dr. Caitlin Ryan, Director of the groundbreaking <a href="http://familyproject.sfsu.edu/" target="_blank">Family Acceptance Project</a></span></font></b></b></p>
<p><b><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Breakout Session Topics: <br></span></font></b></b></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><b><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal"><span>•<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></font></span></span></font></b></b><b><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Creating Safe Spaces across the Lifespan</span></font></b></b></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font></b></b><b><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Why Words Matter in Media and Social Media</span></font></b></b></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><b><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal"><span>•<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></font></span></span></font></b></b><b><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Making Mental Health an LGBT National Priority</span></font></b></b></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><b><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal"><span>•<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></font></span></span></font></b></b><b><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">The Interface of Stigma, Psychiatric Vulnerability and Depression and Coming out as LGBT</span></font></b></b></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font></b></b><b><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Suicide Prevention in Transgender Communities</span></font></b></b></p>
<p><b><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">For more information and to register:</span></font></b></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">
<font color="blue"><span style="color:blue"> <a href="https://email.state.ma.us/OWA/redir.aspx?C=8ce3fc02966740e3a2dcf07a9da7d80c&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.afsp.org%2flgbtsymposium" target="_blank">www.afsp.org/lgbtsymposium</a>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></font>*Scholarships are available. Contact Melanie at <a href="mailto:mvarady@afsp.org" target="_blank">mvarady@afsp.org</a> for details. </p>
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