At the Gesher Project, we’re passionate about education and awareness. We’re dedicated to providing our community with knowledge and tools to live their best, most fulfilling, and richest lives. We believe that a beautiful life is one where we never stop growing, learning, and seeking.

Our communities’ needs are diverse and expansive. In an effort to answer the needs of our community, our founder, Leigh Hershkovich-Ioffe, now offers two modes of suicide prevention education:

If You See Something, Say Something, is an evidence based 45-60 minute workshop that focuses on mental health and suicide awareness during the COVID-19 Pandemic. This workshop is offered online. Due to generous funding by the Gelt Charitable Foundation, this workshop is free of charge.

Upcoming Workshops:

Monday, May 18th: West Suffolk County Training (private training)

Tuesday, May 19th: Baltimore Training (private Training)

Wednesday, May 20th: Denver Training (private training)

Thursday, May 21st: Monsey Training (private training)

Tuesday, May 26th: Neshomos Training (open to the public). Please email info@geltcharitable.foundation for registration information. 

Wednesday, May 28th: Sarasota Training (private training)

More dates will be available soon. If you’d like to schedule a private training for your community please reach out using our contact form.

safeTALK, suicide awareness training founded by LivingWorks. This training provides participants with the tools to prevent suicide by recognizing the signs, engaging someone, and connecting them to the appropriate intervention resource. Leigh is available to train communities nationwide for a subsidized rate (this includes travel and training fees!) Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Leigh will not be offering this training until Winter 2020.