Crisis Text Line

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is available 24-7 at 988.

And the Crisis Text Line is available by texting HOME to 741741.

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And my guest is Caitlin Gillum, a strong community professional who has built communities on Meetup, TopTal, and Komzar, and now leads community and education, by the way, at Crisis Text Line, with volunteer community at the heart of everything they do that not drive, okay, it might drive business results, but literally changes and saves human lives.

So welcome, Caitlin.

Yay.

So I'm totally sure that the world needs more empathy.

And you are working exactly where sometimes value of empathy can be value of someone's life.

So how do you feel personally about the community that you are building at Crisis Text Line?

Oh, gosh.

24-hour support from the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.

You can also text HOME to 741741 for the crisis text line.

Outside the U.S., visit the International Association for Suicide Prevention for crisis centers around the world.

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If you or someone you know is battling with thoughts of suicide, call or text 988-THE-SUICIDE-AND-CRISIS-LIFELINE to honor David's memory and support others' experienced mental health struggles.

Donations may be made in his name to the Crisis Text Line, and there is a website, or the American Foundation Suicide Prevention, another website.

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Either of those lines will connect you to a crisis counselor who can help you identify triggers and come up with safe alternatives.

Visit crisistextline.org for more information.

And finally, there are also resources available for people trying to leave high control groups or cults.

So if you or someone you know is in a part of a group that threatens physical harm against you or shows other warning signs that we've talked about today and in the other episodes of Crimes of Cults, you can visit cultrecovery101.com for more information and resources.

My name is Jayna.

I am the Public Sector Partnerships Director at Crisis Text Line.

We are a national nonprofit providing free twenty-four/seven mental health and crisis support via text here, also in Canada, the UK, Ireland, and across the Global South.

It's really funny, Solamae, when you asked me how I got here because I've been at Crisis Text Line for about seven and a half years now, but I actually started out in journalism.

That was what I went to school for.

I worked in it for a little bit up in New York City here, and pretty shortly in decided that I wanted to be doing something that could be making a difference and started working at a regional addiction agency called Phoenix House here, really helping people understand what their treatment model is and who might be best served, and then found my way to Crisis Text Line, where I've really found a niche in being able to help people understand what crisis services are, what they can be used for, and kind of demystify a lot of misconceptions that people have about what can happen.

We can provide so much support to people, even in moments that seem like small crises that then are going to prevent people from having bigger ones down the line.

So I'm excited to be here.