Dese’Rae L. Stage, artist and suicide awareness activist, shares how her experiences with suicide loss and 
struggles with her own mental health, self-injury and a suicide attempt, led her down a circuitous path to the creation of Live Through This.
She challenges preconceived notions about those with lived experience of suicidal thoughts and actions using the combined powers of photography and storytelling.
Expect a talk that will be revealing, sometimes funny, often touching, always honest and, ultimately, hopeful. Being held at the Melville Marriott Hotel, located at 1350 Old Walt Whitman Road, in Melville, on Wednesday, December 7, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
For more information, or to register, which closes Dec. 5, call Response of Suffolk County at 631-751-7620.
