We are about one month away from the Husky Help and Hope Suicide Prevention and Awareness Annual Walk.
The Husky Help & Hope Suicide Prevention & Awareness Annual Walk is a hopeful and inspiring event co-sponsored by Forefront: Innovations in Suicide Prevention and Huskies for Suicide Prevention & Awareness.
The event honors those we have lost, builds connection between our community, brings awareness to the issue of suicide, and will inspire each of us to play our role in saving lives.
Proceeds from this event will support the Husky Help & Hope (H3) UW initiative to improve suicide prevention and mental health on campus. This family-friendly event begins at 11 a.m on Saturday, May 20th. There will be a short inspirational program followed by a 2.3 mile walk through the most scenic parts of the Seattle campus.
This event is free, accessible and family and dog friendly! Please use the links below if you are interested in attending, donating, and/or volunteering.
Registration link:
https://h3walk2017_hspa-forefront.eventbrite.com
Donation link:
https://tinyurl.com/2017H3Walk
Volunteer registration link:
https://goo.gl/forms/MczPHisAGipHnMUd2
In addition to the walk, the wonderful undergraduate students of the Huskies for Suicide Prevention and Awareness Club are doing an ongoing project that they will showcase at the Walk and on their social media outlets called Speak Up. They take photos and ask people Why They Walk. Here is an example:
“Somehow, we as a society have decided that mental illnesses belong on a lower tier of respect than other illnesses. We’ve created systems that marginalize and shame people with mental illnesses instead of giving them the love and humanity they deserve. The good thing is, since this is a perception we as a society created, it means we can destroy it too. I walk because mental illness is NOT shameful, and I refuse to let that narrative persist”- Amber Midori Conley
Why do you think mental health is important?
Let’s walk, let’s talk, let’s break the stigma.
If you want to share your mental health story and be part of our Speak Up Project to break the stigma email us at uwspeakupproject@gmail.com and check out uwspeakupproject.tumblr.com
This is a wonderful opportunity to contribute to a club on campus that is focused on mental health, suicide prevention and stigma reduction.
Please consider attending the walk and participating in the Speak Up project!
