This FREE training, regularly $25, is being hosted by Linn County Health Services and offered as part of the Oregon Health Authority Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Grant from the CDC. Check-in and refreshments starting at 8:30 am; class begins at 9:00 am.

Oregon Community CALM - Conversations on Lethal Means - is designed to help family, friends, and community members have life-saving conversations with individuals who may be thinking of suicide or during times of crisis.

Anyone 18 years or older can learn these community helper skills that have an added focus on reducing access to lethal means, especially firearms and medications; however, Oregon Community CALM is neither anti-gun nor anti-medication. This training is based on the provider-focused Oregon CALM training and research with Oregonians who own firearms.

What you'll learn:

• When to act to support loved ones

• Creative solutions for reducing access to lethal means