Suicide and suicide prevention will be the focus of Tuesday’s Omaha Science Cafe at 7 p.m. at the Slowdown, 729 N. 14 St.
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Howard Liu, M.D., an assistant professor of psychiatry in the UNMC College of Medicine, will discuss suicide prevention, signs that someone is in trouble and how to help.
Bike-riding advocates to join Dr. Liu
He will be joined by Thomas Brown and Zachary Chipps, founders of R.I.S.E. (Revolution Inspired by Self Evolution), a non-profit group that promotes suicide awareness and healing among those affected by it.
Both Brown and Chipps lost brothers to suicide. The two men embarked on a cross-country bike ride March 1 to raise national awareness and provide support and understanding to suicide survivors.
Community partners
This cafe is in partnership with Community Alliance in Omaha. Community Alliance offers community-based mental health services for adults with mental illness including major depression, bipolar disorder and other serious conditions and illnesses.
Free pizza, available for the first 50 people, will be provided by Nebraska Coalition for Lifesaving Cures.