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Issue VI | JUNE 2020

Crisis Line Newsletter

Your resource to everything happening at California Youth Crisis Line.

CALL TOPIC OF THE MONTH

Mental health resources for Black Youth, LGBTQIA+ Youth, and

The first half of 2020 has been a wildly emotional ride. With the COVID-19 global pandemic causing most of California to shelter in place; Country-wide Black Lives Matter protests against police brutality and racism; and the cancellation of LGBTQIA+ Pride events across the country. We are halfway through the year and it is already proving to be a challenging time for youth, especially Black youth and LGBTQIA+ youth.

New Podcast Episode

On The Line...Graduation and COVID

We have brand new episodes of our On The Line podcast on our Website , Spotify , and Stitcher . This month, Bianca is joined by our lead counselor Veronica, while Logan covers the crisis line.

With COVID-19 causing all of California to shut down, Bianca and Veronica talk with two volunteers about their high school Graduations in a COVID world.

We cover many topics regarding the current pandemic and are always updating with new content so be sure to check us out and subscribe! Want a topic covered? email your suggestions to podcast@calyouth.org

Volunteer/Staff Spotlight

Every month we interview and highlight a different member of our crisis line team. Today we want to highlight Veronica who has been with the California Youth Crisis Line since 2010 first as a volunteer and in December 2016 she was hired on as our Lead counselor!

"I think people should know that no matter what their issue is, no matter what their crisis is, we're going to provide them a place where they’re not going to be judged. No matter how small or big their crisis might seem there's always someone here willing to listen and support them through it. Because I think often times people feel like they don't want to call because their not really in a crisis and some people will say “oh, this isn't really a crisis” but they'll go in and I’ll tell them yeah, this is most definitely a crisis because it's important to you, and if it’s important to you, it's important to us."

Learn more about Veronica and other California Youth Crisis Line volunteers and staff every month at calyouth.org/blog/stories/

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