 mental wellness and suicide prevention mental wellness and suicide prevention programs hi all this is a major theme that was most recently brought up at the pushing boarders conference the social skate community and skate industry have huge potential to raise awareness and build a worldwide support network use this space to post resources connect plan share and align your ideas around mental wellness and suicide prevention in skateboarding talia talia thu 9052019 1130 it appears that a lot of by peter whitley on tue 9102019 2332 it appears that a lot of that conversation has continued on email the following individuals have shows some interest and involvement in this conversation also below is the initial description i suspect this will change and improve over time will ashton free movement thomas callan pushing boarders jessica forsyth harold hunter fdn josh freidberg usa skateboarding leyla garbozo concrete jungle fdn chris jones skatepal talia kaufman skateistan chris lawton nottingham uk joel pippus hull services john rattray nike skateboarding jim thiebaud deluxe madeleine uggla suicide zero  main mission   mental health and emotional wellbeing as an ongoing part of skate culture  what  end stigma end suicide and simplify the conversation around mental health in skateboarding educate all skaters on the ubiquity symptoms and pathology of anxiety depression addiction and mental health in general why  to increase happiness and reduce unnecessary suffering to create a more communicative connected open generation of people who understand may we continue to make this a better place for this generation and the generation after them mental health first aid links by rhianon on thu 9122019 1444 here are a couple resources that were shared in the email chain pete mentioned above  https wwwmentalhealthfirstaidorg takeacourse   seems to offer free training courses on mental health first aid all around the usa http wwwmhfainternationalorg internationalmhfaprogramshtml  website showing similar training chapters in many countries around the world though these trainings are not always free  