[Winter, 1997 issue of The Harvard Gay & Lesbian Newsletter (online edition)]
by Jim Slayton
The Audiotext Hotline, a non-profit company founded last year by graduate Jonathan Rotenberg MBA �92, has grown to occupy offices in the Boston Financial District and recently obtained its 501(c)3 non-profit status. It intends to educate troubled teens, young adults and their loved ones nationwide on topics about GLBT life ranging from public health to personal stories about growing up gay. Caucus members may recall that Jonathan had a similar system installed at HBS from 1990 to 1996, which was called by business students and the public at large.
The Hotline Editor in Chief, Pam Chamberlain, reports that the organization is actively seeking new volunteers, with 60 persons already signed on to help in a variety of ways. Most significantly, volunteers can provide assistance as "section editors" where they will guide the content development in a variety of topic areas; most needed are editors for the material "everything you always wanted to know about GLBT people," also known as "Gay 101." Other volunteers can offer a couple of hours per week doing research, reading and writing independently. As a person who developed the Crisis Intervention section and now volunteers three hours per week, I am glad to talk with people who might be interested in knowing more about the project and how they might contribute. Pam Chamberlain would be thrilled to hear from potential volunteers. She is at [email protected] or 617-695-2722.