Current submission status
No message, signature, age, contact detail, or story is being collected through a public Hope Board form. Reopening requires documented human moderation, privacy and minor safeguards, crisis-language handling, escalation limits, retention rules, staffing coverage, and qualified review.
What could belong here after reopening
- Short words of encouragement
- A safe action or source of support that helped you
- Hope for someone living after a suicide loss
- A personal story centered on help-seeking, connection, coping, recovery, or continued life
- Kind, nonjudgmental language that does not pressure or promise a particular outcome
What will not be published
- Current crisis disclosures, goodbye messages, or requests for emergency help
- Suicide or self-harm method details, instructions, images, or graphic descriptions
- Content encouraging death, self-harm, secrecy, hopelessness, blame, shame, or romanticization
- Names, contact details, schools, workplaces, locations, social-media handles, links, or other identifying information
- Bullying, harassment, threats, hate speech, solicitation, fundraising, spam, diagnosis, medical advice, or medication instructions
- Another person’s story or private information without appropriate authorization
How moderation must work before reopening
Every future submission must enter a private moderation queue; nothing may publish automatically. An authorized, trained human moderator must be able to approve, decline, retain briefly for moderation, or remove a message under documented rules. Publication cannot be guaranteed, and the board cannot promise a personal response.
Editing and attribution
Any future form may offer only general signatures such as Anonymous, A friend, A parent, A survivor, or A supporter. Leah Matters may remove identifying details before publication but will not rewrite a message into a different story. A message requiring substantial editing must be declined.
Young people and privacy
Do not provide your age, full name, school, team, neighborhood, address, phone number, email, username, or another young person’s information. The board has no private messaging, replies, likes, follower counts, or public profiles.
Crisis and escalation boundary
The board is not monitored as a crisis service and cannot assess safety, locate a visitor, dispatch help, or provide counseling. No one should wait for this board before seeking support. In the United States, call or text 988; contact emergency services for immediate physical danger, an active attempt, or urgent medical need.
Removal and corrections
A published message may be removed when a privacy concern, safety concern, error, rights issue, or guideline violation is discovered. Use the contact page to request review, but do not include private medical records or graphic details.