During her years as a teacher, Ames Hart had 3 students who died by suicide. She is also a survivor of suicide. Because of her experience from suicide, she decided to participate in the suicide prevention community by being an active member in it. She participates with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and started her own organization call Enter Hope LLC. In this podcast, we talk about her story, her role in the suicide prevention in the community, and more. Below are the time stamps of the podcast and the resources we talked about!

•  0:45 - How Enter Hope LLC is contributing to the suicide prevention movement


•  3:53 - Suicide terminology. Using "commit suicide" to "died by suicide" to reduce stigma.


•  5:32 - Counselors are our coaches. Its okay to get help!


• 7:42 - Is our friend at risk, or are they just joking about suicide?


• 9:18 - The pain of losing 3 students to suicide.


• 11:50 - The feelings and thoughts of someone who was at risk.


• 13:47 - How can we promote suicide prevention and make it an open conversation.


• 15:52 - National resources for suicide prevention


• 17:08 - How to be active in the suicide prevention community


• 21:20 - What does it mean to be a paragon?

Resources mentioned:

• Enter Hope LLC: enterhope.net


• AFSP Virginia: afsp.org/virginia


• Richmond Out of the Darkness Walk: https://afsp.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.event&eventID=6157


• National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255 


• Crisis Text line: Text CONNECT to 741741