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Use Y-CARE to help a suicidal person. Click here, then print and carry this card with you, or pass it along to a friend.
The Trevor Project provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning youth. Learn more about educational programs, advocacy and volunteer opportunities at http://www.thetrevorproject.org, and make new friends and find support on TrevorSpace — a social network for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning and allied youth ages 13–24. Join today at www.trevorspace.org.
Thanks for your interest in taking action with GLSEN! As you saw at the Born Brave Bus Tour, we’re a national organization that partners with students and others to make schools safer for all students, regardless of gender expression, gender identity or sexual orientation.
Through GLSEN, you can take part in many different student leadership programs and opportunities, including lobby days in Washington, DC, Gay-Straight Alliances, Days of Action and student networking in your own community. Visit http://glsen.org/BornBrave to get involved. We’re excited to learn more about you and help you get started by connecting you to local and national opportunities.
Thanks for being brave and checking out YSA at the Born Brave Bus. Why YSA? Because we know youth have to be part of the solution to face real issues like bullying, hunger, homelessness, and environmental well-being. YSA can help you make a difference with our YSA Resources, to help you discover and plan your dream project, and YSA Grants, to fund that project. YSA awards over $1 million per year to support youth-led projects.
Ready to get started planning a service project in your community? YSA partners with hundreds of state and local organizations, including one near you. Find tips, funding opportunities, and contact information for projects in your area at www.YSA.org/BornBrave and connect on Twitter and Facebook.
Searching for someone who you can look up to? Or can you help someone else to become kinder and braver? Mentoring USA matches youth across the country with trained, inspirational mentors who can guide them in developing healthy lifestyles and better self esteem, appreciating diversity, achieving academic and personal success and making positive life choices. Check us out at http://www.mentoringusa.org/! Or apply to become a mentor yourself at http://www.mentoringusa.org/become_a_mentor/Mentor_Application.
Campus Pride believes in YOU. Every day you DARE to be BRAVE! Campus Pride empowers young adults in activism, leadership and service across the country, and is the only national organization of its kind "for and by" LGBT and straight ally college students. Take action online with CampusPride.org!
You can also find Campus Pride on Facebook, Twitter or Tumblr for ongoing updates, events and special give-aways and prizes! Have questions? Email ally@campuspride.org or call 704-277-6710.
The National Council for Behavioral Health is here to help! As the nation’s leading mental health and addiction organization, we represent almost 2,000 organizations across the US that serve some of the nation’s most vulnerable adults and children. The National Council coordinates the Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) program that has taught nearly 80,000 Americans how to recognize and respond to people in need. In 2013, we’re focused on working with youth. Learn more at http://www.thenationalcouncil.org
We’ve also helped develop www.braverytips.org - a site made for teens and young adults with tips on wellness, mental health, coping, kindness and how to give/get support near you. Check it out today!
The National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) supports YOU by supporting school psychologists. School psychologists work with parents, educators, and your community to create safe, supportive schools, promote your academic success, improve mental health and encourage healthy behavior and development in school. We empower school psychologists and work with allied professionals, youth advocates and policymakers to improve your learning environment. Visit us at www.nasponline.org.
We’ve also helped develop www.braverytips.org - a site made for teens and young adults with tips on wellness, mental health, coping, kindness and how to give/get support near you. Check it out today!
The National Mentoring Partnership is the unifying champion for expanding quality youth mentoring relationships in the United States. MENTOR’s goal is to help young people by driving investment of time and money in high impact mentoring, and promoting quality mentoring through the development and delivery of standards, cutting edge-research and state-of-the-art tools.
MENTOR carries out this work in collaboration with a network of local Mentoring Partnerships nationwide and more than 5,000 mentoring programs and volunteer centers throughout the country, serving more than three million children in all 50 states. MENTOR works to ensure our youngest citizens have the support they need through mentoring relationships to succeed at home, school, and ultimately, work.
For more information, please link to www.mentoring.org