A conference providing resources to people who have experienced suicide loss will be held later this week at Palm Springs Convention Center.

“Way too often, we know someone who has attempted to commit suicide or taken their own life,” Riverside County Board of Supervisors Chair V. Manuel Perez said in a statement.

This year’s Suicide Prevention Coalition conference, themed “Postvention: Best Practices for Community Helpers, Fist Responders and Educators to Respond and Support After a Suicide Loss,” will take place from 8:30 a.m. through 4:30 p.m. Thursday at 277 N. Avenida Caballeros.

It will feature breakout sessions, personal stories from those who experienced suicide loss and insights from keynote speaker Dr. David Schonfeld, a developmental-behavioral pediatrician and founder of the

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