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Alliance of Hope for Suicide Loss Survivors

The Alliance of Hope for Suicide Loss Survivors, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, provides healing support for people who have lost loved ones to suicide.

About Jaletta Desmond

Jaletta Albright Desmond is a freelance writer and a certified grief educator. Desmond is also a peer facilitator for suicide loss support groups nationally and administrator/facilitator for support groups in NC. She lost her 17-year-old daughter, Jocelyn, to suicide in 2012. Contact her at hopeafterws@gmail.com

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