Annual SAFE Conference

The SAFE Task Force hosts an annual conference that informs the attendees on the latest suicide prevention efforts, research, and initiatives, and promotes awareness of suicide prevention resources.

"It Takes a Village... Continuing the Conversation on Suicide" Conference

Friday, November 7, 2025
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Commonwealth Charter Academy at the Waterfront
162 East Bridge Street
Homestead, PA 15120

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Annual Conference 

On Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, the SAFE (Suicide Awareness For Everyone) Task Force of Allegheny County will host its annual conference, It Takes a Village ... Continuing the Conversation on Suicide at Commonwealth Charter Academy at the Waterfront. The community-focused suicide awareness conference welcomes all stakeholders – community members as well as professionals - to join in a discussion about suicide awareness, suicide prevention efforts, and loss survivor support in Allegheny County.  

The SAFE conference provides space for education, collaboration, and empowerment, equipping participants with tools, resources, and connections to prevent suicide, support postvention efforts, and promote hope across Allegheny County.


Call for Workshop Proposals 
We are now accepting workshop proposals. Workshops must run 60 minutes in length, including audience Q&A. The submission deadline is Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. Only applications that are submitted on time and include all required information will be reviewed.  Workshop topics include but are not limited to: 
  • Innovative approaches to suicide prevention and postvention
  • Community-led models for suicide prevention
  • Supporting survivors of suicide loss
  • Lived experience and peer-informed care in suicide prevention
  • Youth suicide prevention and intervention strategies
  • Faith-based and spiritual approaches to healing after suicide
  • Suicide risk in marginalized and underserved communities
  • Trauma-informed care for individuals and families impacted by suicide
  • The intersection of substance use and suicide risk
  • Mental health and suicide risk in BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ populations
  • 988 crisis response/mobile crisis teams
  • Cultural stigma and barriers to suicide intervention
  • Suicide prevention in older adults and caregivers

Submit Workshop Proposal   

Writing Contest

The SAFE Task Force, in partnership with Certified Peer Specialist and author Jen Silbaugh of A Dove in the Shadows, presents the “MY JOURNEY” Writing Contest. This opportunity provides a safe space to share your personal story of loss, odds of overcoming, resilience, and recovery. By sharing your story, you are bringing light to a topic once in the shadows and shifting conversations about mental health from hopeless to hopeful.

The “MY JOURNEY” writing contest aims to reduce stigma related to suicide by encouraging peers to share their stories. By sharing your story you are letting others know they are not alone in their struggles. This contest encourages you to use writing as a coping skill and a way to heal. Together we can support each other through our pain and fight to end suicide.

Learn More About the Contest    Submit Your Essay