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Tim Reierson Feb 2, 2024

4/4 My thoughts - Who's going to stop this injury, this arrogance, this utter disrespect and exploitation in name of "for their own good"? Crisis Text Line headed towards global reach, perpetual storage, data accumulation and modeling of crisis communications.

Contact me if you're interested in #Organizing #CrisisLineWorkers

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Tim Reierson Jan 24, 2024

"We let acutely suicidal callers across the country follow these counselors’ lead through their scariest moments. We should not be afraid to follow their lead on policy and research questions that will shape their field." Dan Fichter

Please contact me (Tim) if you're interested in #organizing #CrisisLineWorkers

Tim Reierson Jan 24, 2024

Linking here to important work by Dan Fichter (he/him) and Greta Opzt (they/them) from survey of #CrisisLineWorkers. Final report here:
https://www.crisiscrowd.org/survey/2023/report

& here's a link to webpage with other resources, Dan's notes on the study and #KaiserFamilyFoundation reporting out today.
https://www.crisiscrowd.org/

Thoughts: This is important because it centers the voices of #CrisisLine workers. Also, because Dan and Greta have the ability--and access--to communicate the messages to authorities within the systems.

In the US, the federal gov't agency #SAMHSA contracts with a non-profit #Vibrant to administer the #988Lifeline. This might solve some problems, but it creates many others. Non-profit is a tax designation & this is a capitalist system of "care". It also makes accountability difficult, except for the most egregious offenses that catch a day of heat, then we move on. Besides these links, you also got my commentary!
#CrisisLines #KFF

CrisisCrowd Survey Report