{"id":180,"date":"2009-10-06T00:09:50","date_gmt":"2009-10-06T00:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flirtingwithfaith\/2009\/10\/suicide-prevention-tour.html"},"modified":"2009-10-06T00:09:50","modified_gmt":"2009-10-06T00:09:50","slug":"suicide-prevention-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flirtingwithfaith\/2009\/10\/suicide-prevention-tour.html","title":{"rendered":"More Than 32,000 Americans Lost to Suicide Every Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 20px; \"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: '-editor-proxy';\">Depression, hopelessness, anxiety, self-harming behavior and suicide &#8211; growing problems that are frequently hushed in our schools, families, workplaces and churches. Why is it that the plight of some of the most needy and troubled people in our society, the emotionally and mentally ill, are either ignored or judged by their behaviors rather than the content of their challenges until it is too late?\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><strong><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: '-editor-proxy';\"><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: -editor-proxy; line-height: 20px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 20px; \"><strong><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: '-editor-proxy';\">James Earl Jones<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: '-editor-proxy';\">\u00c2\u00a0recorded this Public Service Announcement introducing the\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><strong><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: '-editor-proxy';\">Pick Up The Phone Tour<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: '-editor-proxy';\">\u00c2\u00a0featuring\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><strong><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: '-editor-proxy';\">Blue October<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: '-editor-proxy';\">, which targets college students on campus to help raise awareness and shine a light into the darkness. 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