Maine Edge Advances Suicide Awareness Event

The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release about Send Silence Packing, a national traveling public education exhibit of 1,100 backpacks that represent the 1,100 college students who annually die by suicide. Members of the UMaine and local community are invited to experience the exhibit from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, April 2. Send Silence Packing is a program of Active Minds Inc., a national nonprofit with a mission to engage students in discussions about mental health.