Sandy Hook Promise

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Sandy Hook Promise's 24/7 crisis center working to prevent school ... (ABC Action News)

The Sandy Hook Crisis Call Center is a non-profit that takes crisis calls and offers counseling to victims of mass shooting.

Talking with Schachter again, he told the I-Team, "It's heartbreaking for these parents. So I'm really disappointed in Congress that they haven't done more, we had over 200 mass shootings this year, and they're not doing anything, and it's so upsetting, it's infuriating that day after day people are just being slaughtered and the people up in Washington D.C. that we pay and we hire to do our job are not doing their job." He was 14 years old at the time. Last week, the I-Team traveled to Miami for an exclusive visit inside Sandy Hook Promise's national crisis center. When the I-Team asked what gives him hope there will be change, Schachter paused and said, "I don't have hope. “At times, it’s almost chilling," manager Jessica Neely said.

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NC Schools use anonymous reporting tool designed after Sandy ... (WTVD-TV)

One way schools across the state are trying to help students and protect students is through the 'Say Something Anonymous Reporting System'.

That school year 688 tips were about planned school attacks and more than 300 were either about weapons on campus or someone threatening to harm someone else. That school year 688 tips were about planned school attacks and more than 300 were either about weapons on campus or someone threatening to harm someone else. Tips can include threats of violence, vandalism, sexual assault, suicide, mental issues and bullying.

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Sandy Hook nonprofit helps Georgia Schools combat gun violence ... (CBS46 News Atlanta)

Sometimes, before an unthinkable tragedy, there are signs. Knowing how to notice warning signs and learning what to do once you notice them, can save a life ...

Part of their mission is teaching kids what warning signs to watch for in their peers and how to react to the signs they see. Forsyth County Schools counselors and social workers, have access to Sandy Hook Promise resources they use to work with students and their families. Knowing how to notice warning signs and learning what to do once you notice them, can save a life.

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Sandy Hook Promise speaks out about warning signs, as Texas ... (CBS News)

From early reports, Sandy Hook Promise says the Uvalde shooter​ appeared to exhibit many of the warning signs.

And that's what we're all about someone, in those very early moments." From early reports, Sandy Hook Promise says the Uvalde shooter appeared to exhibit many of the warning signs. NEWTOWN, Conn. -- Parents from the group Sandy Hook Promise spoke out Thursday about potential warning signs and what can be done to stop school shootings.

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In wake of Uvalde massacre, Sandy Hook Promise urges vigilance ... (WABC-TV)

For parents of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Tuesday's mass shooting in Texas brings them back to that tragic day in Newtown.

We want to offer the families our compassion and commitment to honor their loved ones, along with ours, as we continue our mission to end gun violence. We are sickened under the weight of our sadness as we watch another community of families suffering their worst nightmare. "How do we prepare for this more at a community and school and district level, a family level, so that when our children need help, we get them the help we need." We want to offer the families our compassion and commitment to honor their loved ones, along with ours, as we continue our mission to end gun violence. We are sickened under the weight of our sadness as we watch another community of families suffering their worst nightmare. "How do we prepare for this more at a community and school and district level, a family level, so that when our children need help, we get them the help we need."

'Say Something': How to report threats to school districts in North ... (Raleigh News & Observer)

“Never feel like your concerns will not matter,” Rhoades said. “Schools and their local law enforcement work tirelessly every day to make sure students have a ...

“If the answer is yes to those, the tip becomes life safety and the school teams, district teams and law enforcement are notified. The form can be found at bit.ly/3Gjc0qd. Life safety tips are tips where imminent harm to a person or others may be happening then or are imminent. Johnston County Public Schools: Report a tip “When users submit a tip into SSARS, it goes directly to a manned crisis center. While all this is going on, they are still keeping in contact with the tipster to gather information that may help further clarify the tip or get additional resources involved. Chatham County Public Schools: Report a tip Orange County Public Schools: Report a tip Here are a few: “Tips are categorized in two ways: life safety and non-life safety. School safety, as a whole, is a community effort.” “Never feel like your concerns will not matter,” Rhoades said.

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Sandy Hook Promise Continues Advocacy to Prevent School ... (NBC Connecticut)

Nicole Hockley can't believe it's been almost ten years since a shooter took her son Dylan's life at Sandy Hook Elementary School. She and others in the...

Who else can help?’ Everybody needs to be involved and we owe it to our children," he continued. And as a nonprofit organization, it takes a lot of resources for us to get there and bring our trainings that Nicole just articulated to more students," Hockley said. Keep it in your heart," Barden said. Take that rage, that outrage, and turn it into action, so don't let it die with a news cycle. And it's infuriating. And there's also, strangely enough, there's hope in that it is preventable," Barden said.

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98 North Carolina public school districts out of 115 use state's 'Say ... (WRAL.com)

By Amanda Lamb, WRAL reporter. Many North Carolina public schools began participating in a program where students use an app to anonymously report concerns ...

The Wake County Public School System does not participate in the statewide program. However, the school system uses a 24/7 tip line at 919-856-1911. Immediate threats are reported to law enforcement. They can report anonymous safety concerns to help at-risk people before they hurt themselves or others. The North Carolina schools that use the free app work with the nonprofit Sandy Hook Promise to offer training to school-level staff and students. There are 98 North Carolina public school districts out of 115 total that use the state’s Say Something Anonymous Reporting System, according to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. Some 144 charter schools also participate in the program.

Sandy Hook Promise -- Anti-gun violence resources (10News)

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The Sandy Hook Promise site offers anti-gun violence resources, including a list of "critical warning signs." For more details, visit https://www.sandyhookpromise.org/gun-violence/know-the-signs-of-gun-violence/. The Sandy Hook Promise site offers anti-gun violence resources, including a list of "critical warning signs."

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