Living

Pagan Tara Denison steps out of the darkness to talk suicide

By |

[There are only 21 days left in the Fall Fund Drive. If you read The Wild Hunt and enjoy the service, consider donating today. This drive is what funds TWH for the entire year and keeps our team serving you professional news and commentary each day. This is your community; TWH is your community news source. Donate today and share our link! Thank you.]
“For anyone trying to carve out space in this world while creating the world we want to come…sometimes it is overwhelming.

News

Tempest Smith Foundation closes its doors

By |

In February 2014, the Tempest Smith Foundation (TSF) will be holding its very last ConVocation fundraiser before permanently closing its doors. Annette Crossman, TSF’s current executive director and widow of founder Denessa Smith, says that it is “time for the torch to be passed on …and return to normal life.” For over ten years, TSF has been a voice for diversity tolerance in its Michigan community and an advocate of anti-bullying campaigns. Launched in 2003, the Tempest Smith Foundation was the brainchild of Denessa Smith, the mother of bullying victim Tempest Smith. In February of 2001, Tempest committed suicide after enduring six years of persistent abuse in school.  Over the following two years Denessa was able to transform her grief into building a foundation that would advocate for tolerance – a foundation that might save other children from her daughter’s fate.