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With an exhibition called "Cont, núa" and the "Building hopes through action," the Ministry of Culture (MiCultura) joins with activities related to the World Day for Suicide Prevention, held every 10 September, to raise awareness about suicide prevention throughout the world.

That global event was organized by the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) and supported by the World Health Organization (WHO) and called on the agencies and organizations to join with them through a number of actions to take measures to prevent suicide in the region, which this year 2023 had as its motto "To create hope through action."

As part of this activity, MiCultura, through the Office of Equal Opportunities (OEO), opened this September 8, an exhibition "Cont; núa," a collective with about 20 works among paintings, audiovisual and an artistic installation, created by artists, professionals, survivors and families of people who have lost their lives as a result of suicide, all about the issue of mental health.

During this event, the public was able to take some butterflies and manifest messages about life and place them on an installation created by the plastic artist Johana Anderson, who also shared with us other pieces of his authorship as "Renacer" and "I love me."

Following the night, we had a presentation by guest artist Ricardo Parbeja, who through his letters and under his title "continues" sends a message of following, of searching for that exit despite seeing darkness and enjoying what we have around us.

By September 12, from 6: 00 p.m., we will have a talk "Building hopes through action," where a professional in this branch will give guidance about What to do? How to detect signs, how to help?, with the aim of giving teaching and where we will also have testimony from survivors and families.

That same day, we have been considering his short film "Remember," by Alberto Serra, as well as his musico-therapy workshop by his teacher, actor and musician Razny Kant.

Jorge Morales, director of the OEO at MiCultura stated that "we have to join up as an issue that concerns us all at heart, there are many cases of things that have happened at work level, where if we pay attention we can make the difference and the role of this Office is to get that work well-being to exist, achieve a dynamic among partners and somehow if we see signs to be able to act and support the person to avoid any negative situation that can be given."

While his deputy Minister of Culture, Gabriel González emphasized that "this date allows us to give an inner look that will allow us to sharpen our exterior look to help prevent this serious public health problem."

"The cont; núa exhibition represents an area of awareness and above all of awareness that summons us to profound meditation about this phenomenon, where we have to encourage conversation to support all people living this painful situation," emphasized the deputy minister.

The name of this activity carries a sign of knit and coma, which indicates that it is valid to pause in "half of all," to continue and move forward.

The activities are open to the public and will be held until September 12 at the headquarters of the Ministry of Culture, pH Tula, in Via España with Via Argentina.