Originally published on Downtown Devil on February 5, 2016 By Holly Bernstein. “My daughter has a name and now she’s gone.” After receiving this Facebook message from a mother whose homeless daughter was murdered while living on the street, homelessness activist Jon Linton used social media to raise money to…
Originally published on the Huffington Post on January 20, 2016 by Dani Bostick. It’s the second day of kindergarten and Sarah is sitting on the rug, playing with a new classmate’s hair. It’s fantastic hair, wild and curly. The teacher snaps at her, “Stop it!” Sarah is also sitting with…
Originally published on Maria Shriver.com on February 26, 2015 By Mary Cail. I ran into a friend recently. We hadn’t seen each other in a while, so we were going through the rituals of reconnecting. We hugged; we exchanged the usual volley of questions: How’s everything? What have you…
Originally published on Huffington Post on February 25, 2015 By Alexis Kleinman. Starting on Wednesday, Facebook is rolling out a new feature for suicide prevention. The social media site is partnering with Now Matters Now, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Save.org and Forefront: Innovations in Suicide Prevention, a nonprofit operating…
