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Light will always prevail
Springfield College Counseling Center hosted its seventh annual ‘Out of the Darkness Walk’ in honor of suicide
___ By Liam ReiLLy ___ @liampreilly852
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On Tuesday night, March 28, at 6:55 p.m., the sunset soared across the sky over Springfield College. The beautiful image of bright colors painted together showed that light will always prevail.
Five minutes later, the Springfield College Counseling Center hosted its seventh annual “Out of the Darkness Walk” – an event to promote awareness about suicide prevention.
“We realized we had quite an outpouring of students that have been affected by suicide and are always worried,” said Associate Director of the Springfield College Counseling Center Gary Enright. “I like to think we’re much better than lucky to have a caring community. It really means a lot for people to reach out to friends that are struggling. Prevention is the key, and it’s also about getting the word out.”
As students walked into Judd Gymnasia they were greeted with a blue bead that represented support for suicide prevention, and a white sticky card to write the name of someone they lost to suicide. There were several tables containing different colored beads. Each bead represented the kinds of connections someone can
