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Your support will ensure that someone hurting has someone to talk to.

 

Call BlackLine® operates a hotline that people can call or text for support with crisis counseling, to report negative interactions with the police, and to be a referral source for Black, Brown, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC). BlackLine works to decrease the stigma around mental health in communities of color.

 

Your contribution will help us recruit and train volunteers who will be there for some of the most vulnerable people in our community through our services Call BlackLine, Text BlackLine, and police or vigilante abuse reporting.

 

Together we can be there for communities of color who are seeing increasing levels of mental health problems that have been quietly chipping away at the black population over the past decade. 

Call BlackLine is a non-profit, tax-exempt corporation recognized under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Volunteer with Call BlackLine

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Call BlackLine’s volunteers are the backbone of the organization. Through a free hotline that is staffed by volunteers across the country, BlackLine answers nearly 1,200 calls per year. More than 66% of the callers identify as Black and 25% reporting as Queer. The majority of the callers are 20-30 years old and are located all across the country. 

 

There are no formal educational requirements for people to work on the hotline. Volunteers can be men, women and gender non-conforming over 16 years of all age, ethnicities, sexual orientations, gender identities and especially those who are bilingual and bicultural as long as they are open, willing, motivated and committed to social change. 

 

Volunteer Locations:

  • Anywhere in the United States

  • Work must be done in a private location

 Training Requirements:

  • Volunteer listeners must have 4 hours of crisis counseling, which is provided by BlackLine. Which is provided virtually on a Saturday

 Commitment:

  • Volunteers must be able to commit to at least 4 hours a week.

Technical Requirements:

  • Cell phone and ability to text.

  • Reliable cell phone service.

To Become A Volunteer Listener:

  • Please submit your email and phone number if interested in becoming a volunteer listener to info@callblackline.org

  • When a training is scheduled you will receive a registration form to complete.

  • Upon completion of registration form you will be sent virtual training information.