Embrace the Mercer University community by encouraging students, faculty and staff to take a quiet moment for reflection and remembrance to honor loved ones who died by suicide.

Engage students, faculty and staff in suicide awareness and prevention by planting 1100-1200 teal and purple pinwheels on the quad to represent the number of college students who die every year by suicide.

“Talk Saves Lives”– featuring Chelsea Piatt, Georgia coordinator of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) will provide presentation and personal story. Attendees will receive information and learn about risk factors, prevention resources, communication strategies, and the overall importance of mental health. Free lunches provided to the first 75 participants.