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Crisis Hotline

Lisa Phillips of member station WAMC has a port on one of the first crisis hotlines in the country. It was formed by a group called Family of Woodstock shortly after the original Woodstock music festival in New York. Volunteers are still handling calls, some involving depression, suicide, or domestic violence.

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