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Please note that this edition discusses gun violence and suicide. If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, you can call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or text the Crisis Text Line at 741741. They are both confidential and available 24/7.
Two Parkland shooting survivors died by suicide in the last few days, as has the father of a child who was killed in the Sandy Hook school shooting. The harm done by gun violence doesn’t end when the shooting stops: trauma and grief can persist for survivors, for loved ones of victims, and many others connected to a shooting. Today, you’re going to learn how to take care of people who have been affected by gun violence in lots of different ways.