Announcing the 2025 Suicide Prevention Summit Healing Together: Mental Health, Community, and Connection
Friday, September 19, 2025
The Hyatt Lodge, Oak Brook, Illinois
You are invited to join mental health professionals, advocates, and community leaders from across Illinois and beyond for the 2025 Suicide Prevention Summit — a full-day, in-person event focused on building stronger, more connected communities through suicide prevention.
This year’s theme, "Healing Together: Mental Health, Community, and Connection," will explore how trauma, access to care, and coordinated community responses are shaping the future of suicide prevention.
Featured Speakers:
Keynote: Dr. Nneka Burnett-Zeigler, Chief Behavioral Health Officer, Illinois Department of Human Services
Closing Speaker: Michael Bushman, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Breakout Sessions Will Cover:
Suicide prevention strategies for veterans, youth, LGBTQ+ and BIPOC communities
Trauma-informed care and healing-centered practices
Suicide risk assessment and safety planning
The 988 crisis line and mobile crisis response systems
Grief support and postvention
Includes 5 Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
Lunch provided
Cost: $125 per registrant