Suicide from a Racial Justice Lens

In this training, we expand the meaning of suicide as an individual self-inflected act by understanding how Death Agency and Community Care appear as vital components of the suicidal experience in the Black and Brown community.

By the end of the training, participants will have

• Distinguished between the concept of Death Agency and suicide
• Examined the multiple purposes and meanings of suicidality
• Practiced Community Care values through prompts and strategies to support those expressing suicidal intent

The Venue

The Link is located at 255 Main Street, 8th Floor, Cambridge, Mass. It is steps away from the Kendall Square stop on the MBTA Red Line. http://www.link-kendall.org/

When should I arrive?

The training will begin at 9:30, but attendees are welcome to come at 9 AM to connect and eat!

About the Presenter

Ysabel Garcia is a first-generation Dominican immigrant with a bold and ambitious mission to dive heart first into raw and honest conversations about mental health, equity, and suicide prevention. She is a social justice educator, skilled dialogue facilitator, wounded healer, and disruptor of systems of oppression.

She embodies her messaging and personality through Estoy Aqui LLC, a grassroots initiative that provides suicide prevention training and social justice education to organizations and institutions serving the Latino/x and Black community. Her main goal is to raise awareness of the underlying social, cultural, and racial factors that create conditions for suicide to exist in these populations.

She has earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Child Psychology and a Master’s Degree in Public Health from Bay Path University.