SCETV Safe Space

SCETV Safe Space is a multi-platform production and community engagement initiative.

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About SCETV Safe Space

SCETV Safe Space is a multi-platform production and community engagement initiative to inform, illuminate and activate suicide prevention strategies for vulnerable populations.

Finding Community

Coming August 2026

SCETV Safe Space explores where community shows up in the lives of young people—across schools, peer spaces, and everyday moments. It looks at how students and the adults who support them can turn conversations about support into real connection, shared experiences, and belonging.

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SCETV Safe Space is looking for young voices ready to talk about what matters. Share your perspective on mental health.

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Request Community Outreach

SCETV Safe Space offers various options, including tabling, workshops, and interactive activities to promote mental health awareness and support.

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Facts

Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in South Carolina.

Nationally, the state ranks 24th in the nation for deaths by suicide.

Additional data from the Centers for Disease Control indicate that suicide is highest among the most rural communities in the state and was the third leading cause of death among those aged 10-24.

SCETV Safe Space Resources

Checking in with You (PDF)

Realignment Worksheet (PDF)

Resources

Informing various aspects of the initiative are leading suicide prevention organizations including the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention (Action Alliance), the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), the Jed Foundation (JED), and Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE).

If you or someone you know are in crisis, or experiencing thoughts of suicide, text the Crisis Text Line (text HELLO to 741741), or call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255). Both services are free and available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. 

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SCETV received a grant to support a multi-platform production and community engagement initiative to inform, illuminate and activate suicide prevention strategies for vulnerable populations.

About SCETV’s Suicide Prevention Initiative

In February 2022, Twin Cities PBS (TPT) awarded a total of $165,000 in grants to 10 PBS stations to create suicide prevention initiatives in their communities. The grants will empower stations to work with local and national partners to share evidence-based suicide prevention approaches and resources with their communities and will amplify the messages of the “Facing Suicide” documentary, which will premiere nationally on PBS in 2022.

Funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the Facing Suicide initiative will harness the power of public media to destigmatize the topic of suicide and equip friends and family to take appropriate action when someone close to them may be at risk. Grant recipients will share suicide prevention practices and will amplify the documentary’s messaging around awareness, help, and hope.

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