Join Sacramento State’s Student Health, Counseling, and Wellness Services and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) Greater Sacramento Chapter for the 14th Annual Out of the Darkness Campus Walk for Suicide Prevention on April 10^th, 2025, at The WELL building of Sacramento State.

Registration for the walk is FREE and participants can register at afsp.org/CSUS. The event will host a Mental Health Resource Fair starting at 4 p.m., with the ceremony beginning at 5:30 p.m. The Hornets for Hope Walk will take place through the campus shortly after the opening ceremony and end around 7 p.m. Parking is included for registered walk participants. Parking is available starting at 3 p.m. in Parking Structure 3, top floor only.

By registering, you are showing support for survivors, students, staff, and faculty at risk, and those who have been affected by suicide. Donations for the event are optional and can be accepted to AFSP. Each year, Sac State’s Campus Walk has been one of the largest campus walks in the country for registered participants. Last year, nearly 1,000 registered participants including students, staff, faculty, and community members came out to show their support for suicide prevention. Access the directions and parking information.

The 2023 Surgeon General’s Advisory called the lack of social connection “A significant risk for individual health and longevity with increased risk for anxiety, depression, and dementia citing social connection and community as the healing agents of this public health issue. (U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory, 2023).

Mental health is an extremely important factor in the success of our students, faculty, and staff and we hope you will continue to support the cause through this event. This is a call for all students, organizations, departments, faculty, staff, and community members to come together and not only remember and honor those whose lives have been lost to suicide but to take action to help raise awareness surrounding the topic of mental health and suicide. Together, we can bring these topics out of the darkness and into the light to support our Hornet Family.

Follow us on Instagram @sacstatestudenthealth for event updates. Please let us know if you are interested in being a speaker or volunteer at the event. For questions regarding the event, email monica.martin@csus.edu.