Walking to end suicide
SLIPPERY ROCK — It felt like a long walk for Alice Vlasnik to honor the people of Slippery Rock who died by suicide in 2020, but she was finally able to memorialize them and other victims of suicide on Sunday, April 23.
More than 120 people took part in the Out of the Darkness Walk on Sunday afternoon on Slippery Rock University’s campus, which Vlasnik had been trying to organize with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention since spring 2020. Vlasnik, the co-chair of the event, said she hopes to see the event continue in years to come.
“We had lost several students to suicide. That kind of sparked my whole, ‘I want to do this, I want to spread awareness about this,’” said Vlasnik, who is also in SRU’s graduate program for occupational therapy. “It’s amazing to see it come together.”
