Service Members, Veterans, & Military Affiliated Families

I publicly pledge to do my part to help change the conversation around mental health and suicide by:

• Publicly committing to and coordinating efforts on ending service member, veteran, and military family suicide in El Paso County
• Working to increase and promote suicide prevention collaboration among military and veteran serving organizations
• Encouraging suicide prevention training for all military and veteran serving organizations
• Supporting and promote lethal means safety initiatives
• Contributing to efforts to provide suicide loss survivor resources to all impacted by suicide
• Using appropriate language and safe messaging practices regarding suicide
• Sharing social media messages from the Suicide Prevention Collaborative of El Paso County and/or promote Collaborative activities across social media channels.

By signing this pledge, I understand that suicide prevention is a national, state and local public health challenge and that everyone has a role to play. I am committed to increasing awareness of mental health challenges and suicide prevention practices to reduce suicide in El Paso County. My name and organization will be listed along with those who have taken the pledge.