Being young is hard.  You have to deal with the expectations of your friends, your family, your teachers and the expectations you have for yourself.  On top of this, older generations often don’t understand the issues you’re dealing with. They may not acknowledge that, even though you’re still working things out, you have the intelligence to make good choices if given the opportunity. 

Our goal is to see that all youth realize their power to make positive decisions about their mental health.  Every year thousands of youth in the US deal with the issue of depression and suicide and we want to engage youth in an open dialog about how to face these challenges.

No one wants to say it, but suicide affects us all. Every year in the US there are 30,000 documented suicides.  For every one completed there are 25 uncompleted suicides. 

Despite these staggering numbers, the "S" word is something we still don't talk about. Suicide and depression hangs over our society like a dark cloud but you can be a light through the cloud, so let’s talk about it.

Supporters: San Francisco Suicide Prevention's Youth Risk Reduction program is supported by: Charis Fund, Charter Oak Foundation, Community Marketing Inc., Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Five Bridges Foundation, Foundation for Brotherhood, Furth Family Foundation, GATX Financial Corporation, The Fred Gellert Family Foundation, The Tom Merit Hancock Family Fund, Iris Alliance Fund, The Libra Foundation, McKesson Foundation, Mount Zion Health Fund, Revolver U.S.A., George H. Sandy Foundation, The Seth Neiman and Lauren Speeth Foundation, The Morris Stulsaft Foundation, The TJX Foundation, The Nick Traina Foundation, Van Loben Sels/RembeRock Foundation, and Wells Fargo.

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