Sarah Gilman Instagram – YOU’RE INVITED to my favorite event of the year–Alive Together: Uniting to Prevent Suicide, a run/walk 5k in LA on September 28th (details at my link in bio!).
I’ve been thinking a lot about community and how, in scary and unpredictable times like we find ourselves in, connection is the antidote to despair. If I believe anything, it’s that–and I hold my life as proof. I’m a survivor of suicide, and, before that, years of suicidal ideation and self-harm, which started for me around age 10. For a long time, I struggled in silence as so many of us do; we’re silent about the things we’re loneliest about, and then we’re lonelier because of it.
Five years ago, I found myself at this event for the first time–as a survivor trying to find reasons to stay. Today, I’m the founder and current Chair of Didi Hirsch’s Next Gen Advisory Council–a group of 17 young professionals passionate about mental health and community care–and a Board Advisor for this amazing organization. AND this is the second year I’ll be co-emceeing the event with the amazing @ericbigger.
@didi_hirsch operates the largest suicide prevention crisis line in the country and provides extensive counseling and support services to those who have lost a loved one to suicide or made an attempt themselves. These revolutionary support groups have been modeled internationally, and Didi Hirsch has recently created new groups for first responders after the LA fires and for teens during this unprecedented youth mental health crisis—they are meeting the moment.
Register ($35) or donate, and join my team at the link in my bio! | Posted on 21/Sep/2025 07:49:04
