SAIPH:  Suicide Awareness Intervention Prevention and Healing Coalition, Yukon-Kuskokwim region.

Mission: Empowering communities and organizations to prevent suicide

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Are you at risk?
Please call Alaska's Careline 1 (877) 266-4357

Board of Directors
President: Diane McEachern             (dmmceachern@alaska.edu / 907 543-4597)
Vice President: Jennifer Peeks         (jlpeeks@alaska.edu / 907 543-4537)

Treasurer: Yvette "Charlie" Barrows  (yvette.barrows@alaska.gov / 907-543-0442)
Secretary:
Colleen Osterhaus            (colleen.osterhaus@alaska.gov/ 907-543-0432)

 

In the News
7/9/10: Delta sees spate of suicides
7/14/10: Yukon-Kuskokwim villages see 9 suicides in two months
7/15/10: Suicides, attempts spike again in Western Alaska villages
7/23/10: Murkowski plans rountable to shine light on rural suicides
7/26/10: After daughter's attempted suicide, Nick Tucker pleads for help
7/26/10: Village leader pleads for state help after daughter attempts suicide
8/26/10: After brushes with suicide on campaign trail, lawmaker shifts focus
10/5/10: Teens plead for parental involvement at suicide summit convened by Murkowski
10/21/10: Pilot without arms to visit villages struggling with suicide
11/3/10: Murkowski: More tribal support one answer to suicide epidemic
1/13/11: Suicide rates remain high in Alaska, especially among Natives
1/13/11: Report says suicide ramains epidemic in Alaska