Crisis Text Line
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Every texter is connected with a Crisis Counselor, a real-life human being trained to bring texters from a hot moment to a cool calm through active listening and collaborative problem solving. All of Crisis Text Line's Crisis Counselors are volunteers, donating their time to helping people in crisis.
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Watch Founder & CEO Nancy Lublin's TED Talk
“Data makes policy, research, journalism, policing, school boards, everything better. I don’t think of myself as a mental health activist. I think of myself as a national health activist.”