Alternatives to Suicide Peer Support Meetings – Joy Hertz holds space for those of us who live with the impacts of self-injury and suicide.
These peer-guided sessions follow the Alternatives to Suicide (link), or Alt2Su, model and focus on community-based healing through the sharing of our personal lived experience.
We meet weekly on Thursdays in south east Denver. Details can be found below:
- Where: Joy Hertz Community Space 3600 S. Beeler St. Suite 340 Denver, CO 80237 (link)
- PLEASE NOTE: As of 6/15/26 and until further notice (which we hope will be within the next month) accessing our community space requires climbing three flights of stairs. We are frustrated by this ableist limitation, especially since it negatively impacts folx being able to take part in our programs, and our ability to welcome folx with physical disabilities into our community. Nonetheless, we’ve been assured that the building’s elevator will be functional again very soon.
- When: We meet every Thursday from 7:00pm MT – 8:30pm MT, with time to transition into and out of the meeting (see below)
- Detailed Agenda:
- 6:30pm – 6:45pm: community space opens for folx new to Joy Hertz and/or Alt2Su to arrive & settle in – a facilitator will be available to answer questions and offer individual support
- 6:45pm – 7:00pm: community space opens for all peers to arrive & settle in
- 7:00pm: Alt2Su meeting starts
- 7:10pm: Alt2Su meeting closes to additional folx
- At Joy Hertz, each Alt2Su meeting is a considered a brave and vulnerable space developed by/for/with the unique micro-community of folx in the room for the entirety of their time together. In order to honor the experiences shared by the group, we do not permit additional folx to join the meeting after 7:10pm.
- 8:30pm: Alt2Su meeting ends
- 8:30pm – 8:45pm: restore space, socialize, peer to peer connection
- Once the meeting ends (no later than 8:30pm), we’ll ask for help restoring it to its original configuration and give folx a chance to socialize until 8:45pm.
- 8:45pm: space is closed