We're excited to announce that we're gearing up to implement STRIDES again at Olympic High School during spring semester! Additionally, we're currently looking for UCLA graduate students to continue this program next year. We'll be holding an info session about the application process for these positions on Wednesday, February 9 at 5pm in the Center for Health Sciences at UCLA (exact location TBD).
Although it's likely that both of us will be leaving Los Angeles this summer, we want to be sure that STRIDES can be sustained by other UCLA students when we're gone. Once we've established the process of training STRIDES coaches, our goal is to bring this positive youth development program to other U.S. cities. Using the knowledge and passion of public health students, we can foster a movement that strives to increase community awareness that suicide is preventable.
All photos from the fall 2010 STRIDES Community 5k Run/Walk. 