United Suicide Survivors International
(US for short)
We help people turn their pain into purpose
United Suicide Survivors International is an independent global organization that serves as a home for people who have experienced suicide loss, suicide attempts and suicidal thoughts and feelings, and their friends and families – collectively known as people with lived experience with suicide – to leverage their expertise for large scale change.
How Can We Help You Today?
Join the Movement for Change
United Suicide Survivors International empowers survivors to turn pain into purpose and lead the change. View our online courses or attend an Eye of the Survivor Workshop & Retreat. Become part of the Lived Experience Collective Community, and join us for our annual Lived Experience Collective Convening. Not sure where to start? Find out where you are in the process.
Lived Experience Collective Shop
We believe in the power of lived experience and sharing our personal stories to heal and inspire action for change. US works to amplify the voices of lived experience to create policy, systems, and culture change. Partner with US to bring lived experience expertise to your organization through our consulting, co-design, and best practices work.
Advocate for Change
5,000+ Trained
15 States
3 Continents
100,000+ Employees Impacted
And growing…
United Suicide Survivors International convenes survivors, industries, communities, and stakeholders to develop, implement and share best practices in community and workplace suicide prevention. We develop and promote lived experience informed White Papers and Best Practices, and are licensed to provide H.O.P.E. Certification. US also provides a wide range of consulting and co-design services and develops programs and projects focused on disparately impacted populations, with our first signature event being the Construction Mental Health & Wellbeing Conference.
