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Sunday, August 31, 2025
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7:30 pm - Speakers at Courthouse Archway
8 pm - Vigil at SB Courthouse Sunken Garden
BeWell Crisis Hotline (888) 868-1649
Suicide Hotline (800) 273-8255
​​Vigilia de las Velas (Candlelight Vigil)
Honrando a nuestra comunidad y a quienes han sido afectados por sobredosis, así como a quienes sufren debido a políticas de inmigración injustas y a la necesidad económica. En un momento en que las personas buscan conexión y seguridad, se nos recuerda que somos UNA SOLA FAMILIA y nos reunimos para apoyarnos entre nosotros.
Did You Know?
~ At least half of all people killed by police each year "have mental health problems."
Source: AP 2013 report from the National Sheriffs Association
~ Nationwide psychiatric hospitals shed 3,222 beds from 2009 - 2012 amid recession-related budget cuts and the number has continued to decline even as the economy has improved.
Source: U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
~ Heroin overdose deaths in the U.S. tripled from 2010 - 2013 with most user turning to heroin after using prescription opioids.
Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
~ By 2004, 64% of local jail populations and 56% of those in prisons had symptoms of mental illness.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice
~ By 2014, no abatement of the situation regarding jail populations and their symptoms of mental illness had occurred.
Source: National Research Council
~ 25% - 50% of patients diagnosed with a mental disorder either currently have or had a substance use disorder, and
~ 50% - 75% of patients in treatment for a substance use disorder have a diagnosable mental health disorder.
Source: Epidemiology of Co-Occurring Substance Use and Mental Disorders