September 11, 2019: “Talk Saves Lives,” Michele Lee
Michele Lee is the Associate Area Director for the Greater Boston Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. In this position she oversees four of the Out of the Darkness Community Walks (Central MA/Worcester, Easton, MetroWest, and South Shore/Cape Cod) the Out of the Darkness Campus Walks in Eastern MA, as well as AFSP programming and mental health/suicide prevention initiatives in communities throughout the region. She has been at AFSP for two years and was a volunteer for the organization prior to that – as an Out of the Darkness Walker, Boston Walk Committee member, and Team AFSP Marathon runner. To donate or sign up for the ASFP Boston walk on October 26th, 2019 go to the ASFP Boston Walk Page
Program description: Talk Saves Lives is a community-based presentation that covers the general scope of suicide, the research on prevention, and what people can do to fight suicide. Attendees will learn the risk and warning signs of suicide, and how together, we can help prevent it. Click here, or on the picture for slides of Michele’s presentation.