Training & Events

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture and partners in the Farm Suicide Prevention Campaign are offering FREE, two-hour workshops, QPR for Agriculture and COMET, for people who live and work in agricultural communities.  You do not need to be a mental health professional to participate. The workshops provide practical tools to recognize when someone maybe struggling, […]

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) ASIST is an in person, two-day interactive workshop in suicide first-aid. ASIST teaches participants to recognize when someone may have thoughts of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety. ASIST is widely used by healthcare providers; but participants don’t need any […]

Learn how to support someone’s desire for safety by recognizing the warning signs of suicide, identifying people who are at risk, and applying the TALK steps (Tell, Ask, Listen and KeepSafe) to connect a person to suicide first aid resources. Listed on the national best practice registry, safeTALK allows time for both practice and discussion. […]

COMET (Changing Our Mental and Emotional Trajectory) is a two-hour training that teaches participants how to reach out in a meaningful, respectful and supportive way to friends, co-workers or acquaintances who seem to be struggling somewhere between wellness and a mental health crisis. While designed for rural and farming communities, it can also be used in […]

The theme of the 2026 NAMI MN Conference is Healing Minnesota: Recovery Now, Mental Health Always. This conference brings together individuals with lived experience, family members, mental health professionals, health care providers, advocates, educators, community leaders policy makers, students and others from across Minnesota to explore innovative, practical and inspiring approaches to mental health promotion, […]