11/03/2014
In honor of Veteran’s Day, the Counseling Center’s STAND4YOU program in partnership with the Jesse Klump Memorial Fund is offering a FREE three hour, interactive, in-person suicide prevention training workshop called safeTALK on November 10 from 1:30-4:30 in the Nanticoke Room 236, GUC. According to Veteran’s Affairs, an estimated 22 veterans commit suicide each day. Suicide is also the second leading cause of death among college students. Please attend this workshop and learn how to help save a life! Refreshments are provided and sponsored by the Student Military and Veterans Association.
In order to participate, please RSVP by November 6 by emailing Anisa Diab at [email protected]. For more information about the national safeTalk trainings please refer to this link: https://www.livingworks.net/programs/safetalk/
safeTALK is a half-day alertness workshop that prepares anyone over the age of 15, regardless of prior experience or training, to become a suicide-alert helper. Most people with thoughts of suicide don’t truly want to die, but are struggling with the pain in their lives. Through their words and acti…