The Rowan University Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) team in partnership with the Rowan University DEI Council and Strategic Priorities Committee: Fostering Diverse and Inclusive Communities (SPC1) are facilitating a suicide prevention awareness social media campaign in collaboration with students, faculty, and staff from all Rowan colleges and schools including the Rowan–Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine (Rowan–Virtua SOM) and Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU).
Please consider submitting a "selfie" while holding a sign written, typed, and/or otherwise designed with the reason suicide prevention matters to you. (Photo submission examples from Rowan DEI team members are below.) You can also submit your photos from participation in past suicide prevention community events. Here is the photo submission form link.
*If you would prefer to email your photo submission(s), please send an email with the following information to fortun83@rowan.edu and shapiror@rowan.edu.
- first name (preferred name)
- last name
- pronouns (optional)
- affiliation to the Rowan community (student, faculty, staff, and/or alumni)
- photo file(s)
- photo caption(s)
Photo submissions will be published on Rowan DEI social media (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook) and potentially featured on the Rowan DEI Blog and other Rowan content mediums across the fall 2023 semester.
Seek Help Now
If you or someone you know is at risk for harm from yourself or others, call 911 or go to your local emergency room.
Additional Resources
Learn about #BeThe1To at bethe1to.com, and learn about the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988lifeline.org.
Learn about the physician suicide crisis, suicide prevention resources, and how to help create a culture of mental wellbeing, via the Vital Signs: The Campaign to Prevent Physician Suicide website.
Additional educational information and supportive resources focused on suicide prevention are available at go.rowan.edu/bethe1to; and educational information and supportive resources focused on stigma, substance dependence and substance use disorder (SUD)/addictions treatment, and related terms and issues are available at go.rowan.edu/recovery.
Please know that there is no shame in seeking support and treatment. You are important and your life matters.
Interested in contributing to the Rowan University DEI website/blog and/or social media? Please complete the following brief interest form and share with student groups and colleagues across all Rowan colleges and schools: go.rowan.edu/deicontent