Thanks to your support, SXSW has officially selected Emotion Technology’s panel, “RT: I’m Going to Kill Myself. Preventing Suicide Online” as a 2010 Interactive Conference presentation. This will be the first time a major, national technology conference will address suicide at all, and we are thrilled to be part of such an important event.
For conference badges and more information, visit the official 2010 SXSW website.
Active Minds on Campus: Facebook page
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: MySpace page
Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute of Mental Health, Office of the Surgeon General, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, American Association of Suicidology, & Annenberg Public Policy Center’s “Reporting on Suicide: Recommendations for the media” (PDF)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “Suicide: Facts at a Glance” (PDF)
Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Center: MySpace page
National Center for Exploited and Missing Children’s CyberTipline
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Lifeline Gallery: Stories of Hope and Recovery, YouTube video
Online Crisis Support: Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network’s Victims Services, and “RAINN Helping Victims of Sexual Assault Online”
Pew Internet & American Life Project
Suicide Prevention Action Network (SPAN) Lifekeeper memory quilt organizers
Trevor Project: MySpace page
U.S. Department of Human Health and Services: National Strategy for Suicide Prevention
ULifeline: Half of Us website
Just got back from DC - where we gathered experts in the suicide prevention field, child safety advocates, and members of social networking industry to talk about how we can all prevent suicide online.
Was an amazing experience and felt a bit like a wedding - all these people from my life who I’ve worked with and known - either IRL or online for so long. I can’t wait to find out what projects come out of the summit.
MySpace.com - Rise Against - Chicago - Punk / Hardcore / Rock - www.myspace.com/riseagainst
Another larger band with the Lifeline logo on their MySpace page. This band has over 500,000 MySpace friends.
One of the many artists and bands working to advertise the 1-800-273-TALK hotline.
Highlighting the need to have online crisis counseling available widely, 24/7:
“I think we both agree even though it is certainly a challenge, when we have been talking about it, I got interested in the area as well, there’s a book, it’s not crisis counseling, it’s all counseling…It’s called Online Counseling, a Handbook for Mental Health Professionals and the first author is Ron Kraus.”
“If there actually had been some crisis or long-term counseling available to kids, they may, it’s hard to know whether they’ll do it, but it’s certainly where they are. And that’s the next step. So it’s not something that you could have done at the time, but if I had my wish list of the types of resources that are available to teenagers and young adults on the internet, that would certainly be one of them.”
Refered by Liba Rubenstein of MySpace’s Impact Awards
Great video explaining what social networking is.
