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Our organization would like to welcome you to our website. In Maryland alone last year we lost 86 young people to suicide, our youngest was only 6 years old. We hope this site will enlighten you by bringing these tragedies to the forefront. The lives of four women, Lisa Hurka Covington, Lee Tolzman, Betty Schmedes, and Marie McLaughlin, were brought together at a meeting, in 1999, they never expected to or wanted to attend; a support group of survivors in the Baltimore, Maryland area who lost a loved one to suicide. Under the leadership of Lisa Hurka Covington, they organized the advocacy group, SPEAK (Suicide Prevention Education Awareness for Kids). Since 1999, SPEAK has grown to include a Board of Trustees and a Board of Advisors and has become the Baltimore representative for SPAN (Suicide Prevention Action Network). Baltimore SPEAK is a non-profit organization. -EVERY 1 HOUR AND 53 MINUTES IN THE U.S. WE LOSE ANOTHER YOUNG PERSON TO SUICIDE, THAT'S A COLUMBINE A DAY -FOR EVERY 2 HOMICIDES THERE ARE 3 SUICIDES
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Speak Now Stands Alone Again The Maryland Youth National
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