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Statewide crisis line offers texting for teens
Recent years have brought an alarming spike in teen suicides in southern Colorado. That’s why several local…

AN ‘UPSTREAM’ SOLUTION: NAMI’S CRISIS TEXT LINE CAMPAIGN
When Lori Jarvis, executive director of the Colorado Springs chapter of the National Alliance on…

NAMI looks “Below the Surface” to combat teen suicide
When five teenagers at his high school took their own lives in a single semester, Chad Hawthorne knew…
AN ‘UPSTREAM’ SOLUTION: NAMI’S CRISIS TEXT LINE CAMPAIGN
A group of El Paso County teens are being honored for their efforts to bring new attention to suicide through…
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Requiem for the young: One El Paso teen shares her story of loss
Cristen Baird wears her memories of the dead wrapped around her right wrist — brightly colored…

Campaign contact
Kirk Woundy
Communications & Grants Manager, NAMI-Colorado Springs
kirk@namicos.org
510 E. Willamette Ave.
Colorado Springs, CO 80903