Should I make a suicide awareness group?

I'm not sure how to make a group. I notice there is alot of people coming in here talking about suicide. I don't expect them to all post in this little known group only people posting here for a while would know about, but rather have resources for regular posters here to tap into, like suicide prevention hotline per country or region, websites to offer them that is age appropriate (teens need something different than say, a person going through a divorce).

I wouldn't be able to collect att this info myself, some will have to be in other languages for people in europe and asia, or latin america.

Plus the US election is coming up, and if it is like the last time Trump won, alot of Democrats will need talked off the ledge.

If anyone is interested in offering links and emergency numbers, let me know here in this thread. If I get no interest, I might not put it together if it seems like it will never get used.

Also.... can I pin a post permanently at the top of a group with the emergency contact info, or will it drop down to page 15 while people babble about nothingness in new posts above it? I kinda want it permanently pasted up top so anyone here can rapidly find it. We have alot of people talking suicide here. If it is possible, tell me how.

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Photopoetryographer · 51-55, M

mentalhealthforum.net would be a valuable resource.

I’m trying to start a group called Life Support. The idea was born from me sitting at home for weeks without a call from family or friends. When you’re depressed, you don’t always want to call someone and bring them down. So, on the basic level of the group, it would provide names and numbers of people in the group (willing to share those numbers) who have some understanding of what each other are going through. We would all check up on each other and also have someone to call before doing any harm to oneself. It is also to have get togethers or outings, game night, movie night, classes on whatever people would like, sharing and teaching of talents, mentorships for business, giving talks to schools, creating a book of poetry and artwork, doing podcasts and more.
You could start your own version of this.
If anyone who lives on Long Island, New York happens to read this and would like to be a part of this, please reach out.

Dignaga

@Photopoetryographer i think you have a good idea.

Photopoetryographer · 51-55, M

@Dignaga thank you!