Feature Articles
Forefront launches nation’s first-ever suicide prevention training developed for and by pharmacists
June 5, 2017
A message of proactive suicide prevention – and hope – reached a critical audience last weekend: A packed house of about pharmacy professionals at the Northwest Pharmacy Convention. Jennifer Stuber, faculty director of Forefront, a social impact center at the University of Washington School of Social Work, co-delivered a seminal three-hour training with Brandy Singer, […] Read more »
Forefront in the Schools: Looking back on a year of cultural shifts
June 1, 2017
On a rainy Saturday in April, they came together at the University of Washington to showcase projects and share ideas for a Day of Hope: Young Leaders Suicide Prevention Conference. Hands shot up in the air, with Forefront in the Schools teams – ranging from three to 12 students with one to two adult advisors […] Read more »
Why We Walk: The HSPA stories behind upcoming H3 Walk
May 5, 2017
While Husky, Help, and Hope (H3) grant ended late March, its tradition lives on: Footsteps will pound the University of Washington campus pavement for the Husky, Help & Hope (H3) Suicide Prevention Awareness Walk on May 20 – the fourth annual student-produced event since the first walk in 2014. Beginning with check-in at 10:30AM, opening […] Read more »
Safer Homes preview at firearms plenary at 50th Annual American Association of Suicidology Conference
April 28, 2017
As suicidology ushers in the next bicentennial era of suicide prevention, a universal message for safer homes is poised to become part of the future. “We have the potential for enormous suicide prevention messaging saturation in Washington State,” said Forefront’s Jennifer Stuber last Friday at the firearm panel for the bicentennial American Association of Suicidology […] Read more »
“13 Reasons Why” Media Statement
April 25, 2017
By now, many of you have reached out to us about the recent Netflix series “13 Reasons Why,” which is based on Jay Asher’s novel and has graphic depictions of rape, bullying, and suicide. Clearly, this show has generated a great deal of discussion along with widely divided reactions to the topic of suicide. No […] Read more »
Forefront-Lakeside Industries keynote paves the way to end construction suicides
March 29, 2017
It was almost business as usual at the Lakeside Industries Leadership Conference at the Semiahmoo Resort: Lively chatter about asphalt mix designs and contract bids, while checking weather apps to see if rain would thwart a highway project deadline. Then Mike Lee, president of this third-generation family-owned hot mix asphalt producer and paving contractor, kicked […] Read more »
Suicide Prevention Education Day amplifies hope in Olympia
February 21, 2017
It was a day that shouted hope: On Feb. 16, over 100 converged in Olympia for Suicide Prevention Education Day – for the third year in a row since Forefront’s inaugural Education Day in 2014. Constituents from 48 districts scurried through the Capitol campus to meet with legislators. For the second year in a row, the […] Read more »
New initiatives, leadership underway as H3’s three-year grant ends in March
January 4, 2017
The federal grant that made the Husky, Help & Hope (otherwise known as H3) initiative on the University of Washington’s Seattle campus possible comes to an end in late March after three whirlwind years. A JED Campus: Forefront partnership will provide the vehicle to continue innovations in social and emotional health and suicide prevention. Three […] Read more »
Fourth annual ‘A Place for Everyone’ Forefront event draws 700+ supporters, award winners for suicide prevention
December 2, 2016
In a sea of softly lit blue and orange candles, the HUB South Ballroom glowed. More than doubling the scale of Forefront’s inaugural 2013 event, 725 people packed the ballroom to support a cause that grows more visible by the year, and draws more champions to its unwavering light. After an election season mired by […] Read more »
‘A Place for Everyone’ at Forefront’s 4th annual dinner to end suicide
November 9, 2016
In the fall of 1980, a phone call changed the course of Scott Carty’s life. Then a fourth grader, he was eating dinner at a neighbor’s house when the news broke: his sister Debbie had taken her own life. Now a television host and entertainment correspondent, Carty honors Debbie’s memory through storytelling. His is one […] Read more »