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ARTIST, MOM, SUICIDOLOGIST, SPEAKER, ACTIVIST

Dese’Rae L. Stage Speaking Fee: Contact Us For Pricing

ARTIST, MOM, SUICIDOLOGIST, SPEAKER, ACTIVIST

Speaker Profile Thumbnail for Dese’Rae L. Stage
Speaking Fee:
Contact Us For Pricing

Travels From:
EWR - Newark, NJ

Primary Topic Category:
Mental Health / Wellness / Self-Help

Secondary Topic Category:
LGBTQIA

 

Dese’Rae L. Stage Speaker Profile: At A Glance

The nutshell: Dese'Rae is an artist, mom, suicidologist, and advocate/activist (which of the latter depends on how angry she is). Available for Virtual Programming

Dese’Rae L. Stage is an award-winning artist, mom, suicidologist, activist, and MSW student. She is the creator of Live Through This, a documentary-style multimedia storytelling series that seeks to reduce prejudice and discrimination against suicide attempt survivors. Live Through This reminds us that suicide is a human issue, elevating survivors' voices through raw and honest stories of survival paired with intimate portraits—giving faces and names to statistics that have historically represented attempt survivors. The project has been featured by major outlets such as The New York Times, Associated Press, NPR, and CBS Evening News. Dese’Rae also produces and co-hosts Suicide 'n' Stuff, a video podcast exploring suicide through a critical suicidology lens. She is featured in the documentary The S Word, which highlights suicide prevention advocates. Her written work has appeared in Cosmopolitan, CNN, and Romper. She lives in Philadelphia with her wife and children.
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