Mahalo for helping make the Maui Suicide Prevention Mini Conference: Embracing Cultural and Social Protective Factors for Suicide Prevention on September 29, 2021, a success!

Over 250 participants came together to raise suicide prevention awareness and celebrate protective factors in our community. Our local presenters shined! – sharing both their knowledge and experiences. It wasn’t any surprise that people were torn between which presentation to attend. Luckily, we recorded the presentations, and they are now available online. Just click on the links below to see the recorded presentations or view the pdf copies of the presentations.

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
ʻAuamo Kuleana: Living Meaning in Life
Presenter: Manulani Aluli Meyer, EdD
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BREAKOUT 1
ROOM 1: Suicide Prevention Basics Using a Cultural Framework
Presenter: Deborah Goebert, DrPH
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ROOM 2: Shifting Narratives: Re-Igniting Cultural Connectedness to Resiliency
Presenter: Sheri Daniels, EdD
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ROOM 3: “An Introduction to Safety Planning” From the Hawaii Veterans Administration
Presenter: Wendy Schwartz, LCSW
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BREAKOUT 2
ROOM 1: Hoʻopono: Mutual Self-Becoming
Presenter: Manulani Aluli Meyer, EdD
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ROOM 2: Nā Hopena A‘o
Presenter: Ka‘anohi Kalama-Macomber
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ROOM 3: Connection: Suicide Prevention with LGBTQIA+ Adult Individuals In Clinical Practice.
Presenter: Patrick K. Kamakawiwoʻole, PsyD, DBA, MSOL
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PANEL DISCUSSION
Embracing Cultural and Social Protective Factors in Suicide Prevention
Moderator: Kris Mills
Co-Chair, E Ola Hou Prevent Suicide Maui County Task Force

Panelists:
Jo Anne Bailberde-Kamaili
Hawaii Island Task Force

Sheri Daniels, EdD
Executive Director
Papa Ola Lōkahi

Deborah Goebert, DrPH
Professor, Department of Psychiatry
University of Hawaiʻi, John A. Burns School of Medicine

Madeleine Hiraga-Nuccio
Chair, Prevent Suicide Kauai Task Force

Jeanelle Sugimoto-Matsuda, DrPH
Associate Professor, Office of Public Health Studies
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Reverend John A. Hauʻoli Tomoso, MSW (Retired)

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A special mahalo to our sponsors, this event could not have happened without their support.