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The Empty Chairs Project:
Loss After Suicide
The Baker Center of Tompkins Cortland Community College
October 13 to November 23rd, 2009
The Empty Chairs Project is about:
- Creating visible and meaningful symbols of the grief and loss felt by those who have lost a loved one to suicide
- Raising awareness about suicide and suicide prevention
- Commemorating 40 years of service in Tompkins County and the Finger Lakes region of New York by Suicide Prevention & Crisis Service
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The Chairs were made by:
Kenny Berkowitz, Nina Chasnoff, Caroline Cox, Helen Kuveke, Lee-Ellen Marvin, Jayme Peck, Kathryn D. Redman, Cecile Scott, Jan Simpson, Meghan Wheeler, and Ryan Young
The Chairs were made for:
A son, a mother, a father, a nephew, and a stranger. Our friends and lovers. Our brothers.
The Project was organized by:
Lee-Ellen Marvin, SPCS Director of Interactive Arts; Pamela Moss, teaching artist; Deb Parker Traunstein, SPCS Director of Education and After-Trauma Services; Jennifer Streid-Mullen, SPCS Executive Director; Richard Driscoll, SPCS Development Director; and Maureen Beardsley, SPCS Administrative Assistant; The project was designed by Marie Sirakos, Executive Director of Light in Winter
Appreciation and gratitude to:
The Kendal Wood Shop & Gray Photography of Cortland, NY.
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