Crisis Text Hotline

Just For A Minute. Nancy Lublin created a service that provides emergency crisis counseling to people in need, by texting

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R U There?
The New Yorker - Alice Gregory
In 2011, a young woman named Stephanie Shih was working in New York City at DoSomething.org, a nonprofit that helps young people start volunteer campaigns. Shih was responsible for sending out text messages to teen-agers across the country, alerting them to various altruistic opportunities and …
http://www.fastcoexist.com/3047638/how-data-science-shaped-this-teen-counseling-by-text-service
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Texting that saves lives
ted.com - Nancy Lublin
When Nancy Lublin started texting teenagers to help with her social advocacy organization, what she found was shocking -- they started texting back …
http://recode.net/2015/07/07/carriers-waive-charges-for-crisis-text-line/
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For Teens in Crisis, the Next Text Could Be a Lifesaver
The New York Times - By David Bornstein
The message to the Crisis Text Line was answered by Aaron Amrich, a volunteer crisis counselor based in California. It was sent by a 19-year-old woman who wrote that she was feeling hopeless and beginning to give up on life. Amrich, a veteran who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, has himself suffered …
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How 1 Text Message Created An Entire Mental Health Organization
huffingtonpost.com - Lindsay Holmes
One text message could save a life. After a young woman texted DoSomething.org with a heartbreaking cry for help, the non-profit volunteer group's …

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