Jared Littlejohn '15 gives a bear hug to Cynthia Cammarn
Jared Littlejohn ’15 recently watched a YouTube video that a bullied teen girl made before committing suicide. Some young people, after watching such a video, might feel sad for a few minutes and then continue on with their lives. Not Littlejohn.
In the span of a few days, Littlejohn organized an on-campus fundraiser, Hugs Against Haters, to raise money for suicide hotlines. With the help of his fellow Residential Life staffers, Littlejohn stood outside Smith Union for three hours on a recent afternoon giving out hugs for free or for a small donation to the National Suicide Prevention Hotline and the Trevor Project, which is a suicide hotline for bullied LGBTQ kids.
Post by Margot Howard ’13
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