{"id":120544,"date":"2025-03-21T01:56:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T06:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=120544"},"modified":"2025-03-20T16:35:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T21:35:19","slug":"unmcs-out-of-the-darkness-campus-walk-is-march-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2025\/03\/21\/unmcs-out-of-the-darkness-campus-walk-is-march-29\/","title":{"rendered":"UNMC\u2019s Out of the Darkness Campus Walk is March 29"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p>Students from the UNMC Omaha campus will host UNMC\u2019s inaugural Out of the Darkness Campus Walk on Saturday, March 29, at 11 a.m. at the Ruth &amp; Bill Scott Student Plaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each spring, colleges and universities throughout the U.S. gather for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention\u2019s Out of the Darkness Campus Walks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students, faculty and staff from UNMC, Nebraska Medicine and Clarkson College are invited to form or join a team at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.afsp.org\/unmc\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"this link, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This event is open to anyone affected by suicide. 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