Gina Smallwood always worried about whether her teenage son was wearing a seatbelt or having unprotected sex, but she was certainly never concerned about whether he was at high risk for depression. After all, Kelvin Mikhail Smallwood-Jones was a dean's list student with a 4.0 grade point average on a full academic scholarship to one of the most respected historically Black colleges in the country. Prior to enrolling in Atlanta's Morehouse College in the fall of 2006, he was a football star and homecoming king at his Washington, D.C., area high school. A sophomore English major, Kelvin dabbled in photography and mentored at-risk youth in his free time. Last winter he was planning an elaborate birthday celebration and had been accepted into a prestigious summer internship program. He never made it to either. On Feb. 23, 2008--less than two weeks before his 20th birthday--Kelvin shot himself in the head with his mother's gun on the deck of the suburban Atlanta farmhouse that she bought to live closer to him while he was in college. It turns out that Kelvin was at an elevated risk for suicide. Smallwood's loss now serves as a life-saving lesson for others. She has joined forces with the National Organization for People of Color Against Suicide (NOPCAS) to launch the Kelvin Mikhail Suicide Awareness Campaign. She hopes it will bring more attention to suicide among college students and young Black males. With money from Kelvin's insurance policy, Smallwood has already taken her efforts to several historically Black colleges and universities in Atlanta; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Washington, D.C. She has passed out informational fliers and spoken formally and informally to students at Kelvin's former college. Smallwood hopes her actions will encourage parents, educators and members of all communities to better educate themselves on the symptoms of depression and mental illness.