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Educate. Advocate. Protect. Support.
Dedicated to the prevention of suicide
SAVE – Suicide Awareness Voices of Education is a national nonprofit working to prevent the tragedy of suicide through education, advocacy, lethal means safety efforts, and support for suicide loss survivors.
Suicide Awareness Voices of Education
Our work is based on the belief that suicide is preventable. Through raising public awareness, educating communities, training key stakeholders, advocating for systemic change, and providing unwavering support for loss survivors, we know we can SAVE lives.
Discover our programs
SAVE’s programs and services focus on four key areas: education, training, advocacy, and suicide loss support.
Learn about suicide
Learn about suicide facts and statistics, the warning signs of suicide, and how suicide can be prevented.
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Help SAVE fulfill our mission through a financial donation or volunteering time or services.
KiDS:
Keep it Digitally Safe
Every click has a cost. That’s why SAVE supports the KiDS warning labels scholarship contest for safer digital spaces. We’re joining more than a dozen other organizations in raising awareness about the dangers of unregulated social media and advocating for change. It’s time to #LabelTheRisk.
About SAVE
In August of 1989, six Minneapolis couples joined together with a common cause. Each had lost a child to suicide. Together, they created SAVE to educate individuals and communities about suicide prevention and to serve as a voice for suicide loss survivors.
News
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Minnesota nonprofit wants help to create social media warning labels
Logging on to social media can bring teens to one of the most dangerous places in their lives, and it’s more than just cyberbullying, said Erich Mische, CEO of SAVE.
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SAVE joins global scholarship contest for warning labels about social media harms to youth
KiDS has officially launched a global scholarship contest raising awareness of the dangers youth face on unregulated platforms and encouraging systemic change.
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SAVE, coalition applaud New York social media bills, online safety leadership
The New York Social Media Warning Label Act represents another major opportunity to advance groundbreaking design-based kids’ online safety legislation.
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