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DeKALB | Delta Phi Delta Dance Fraternity is hosting “Laugh for your Life,” a stand-up comedy show, 7 p.m. tonight for National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. The event is in a Stevenson Residence Hall Smart Classroom and is free. The fraternity wants to dissolve the stigma around talking about suicide by devoting their lineup to suicide prevention awareness.
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Before the comedy acts start, we are going to talk about suicide prevention to spread the awareness and get the information out there.” Latoya Jackson Delta Phi Delta Dance Fraternity President
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The show will feature stand-up comedy performances by student Leo Allen and alumnus Khiry Johnson. The show will include musical and poetic performances by Poetic Asylum, the expressive poetry, rap and singing group who encourages performers to exude confidence through written and spoken word. “Laugh for your Life” has more to offer than just entertainment; it aims to inform the audience. “Before the comedy acts start, we are going to talk about suicide prevention to spread the awareness and get the information out there,” said Latoya Jackson, president of Delta Phi Delta Dance Fraternity. “We are going to provide hotline numbers to call for help.”
The fraternity has hosted events to raise suicide prevention awareness, but this is its first “Laugh for your Life” event. The show is inspired by the therapeutic power of laughter. Jackson developed the idea of a comedy show after understanding how laughter could help people. The fraternity’s involvement with suicide prevention awareness lasts for more than this month, though September is the month of the fraternity’s outreach. Suicide prevention is the fraternity’s central philanthropy. “We take suicide seriously because our founder almost committed suicide, but he didn’t,” Jackson said. “We took it very seriously and try to prevent it at all costs; We are trying to spread awareness and figure out ways to stop it.” The fraternity is working to plan more events for this month for suicide prevention awareness. The fraternity is selling suicide prevention awareness wristbands Wednesday in the Holmes Student Center, and they are aiming to collaborate with the Black Theatre Workshop, a performance-based group that promotes the art of singing, dancing and acting to have an open discussion about suicide.
Prevention lifeline Call the National Suicide Prevention lifeline at 800-273-8255 for support for: • Substance abuse • Relationship or family problems • Sexual orientation • Mental or physical illness • Recovering from abuse • Depression • Loneliness • Anxiety