Introducing Team Lightship!

Good news! Social Soldiers team is being revamped as Project Lightship with the changes in how it will work. <3

🐾 Click to check 2022 updated requirements

What is project lightship and what is its objective?

Project Lightship is the revival of Social Soldiers team which was created with the intent on eliminating the stigma that comes along with mental illness on social media, guiding those who are depressed/having a hard time/need someone to talk to right here to 7Cups.

As the previous project leaders stated:

Our goal is to combat mental health stigma by going out and finding those who need us the most and bringing them to our safe haven. In accomplishing this goal, we will simultaneously combat stigma head on and take a stance that it is not only okay to get support when you need it, its a healthy and wonderful thing to do for yourself!

We are currently starting the lightship team with twitter and have one track you can contribute in:

Reaching out to 20 people letting them know about the 7cups through the twitter account & making 5 mental health-related posts raising awareness about it

You are welcome to contribute more, those are the minimum requirements to fulfil every month.

Who can join the Lightship Team?

Both listeners and members who meet the requirements can join the team. (Yes, teens can join the team too, yay!)

What are the requirements to join the team?

For the listener,

1+ month as a listener

Verified Listener

Listener Oath

For the member,

1+ month as a member

Member Oath

Both listeners and members will be required to sign the guidelines form(Linked to application) agreeing to follow the guidelines of the team and 7cups. Any violations in guidelines will be taken seriously & result in behaviour points. (Learn more about how behavior points HERE)

What are the guidelines of the team?

Once someone has reached out to you about your application and has given you approval, it is your responsibility to make your own Twitter account, with your 7 Cups handle name (eg rebecca947=@rebecca7Cups).

Please send your login credentials to the lightship email thelightshipteam@gmail.com prior to beginning your month.

Lightship Team's social media accounts should not be used for personal use.

The account is created for spreading 7cups which means we are using them to spread support and awareness, on these accounts you should only follow lighthearted accounts, 7 Cups approved Lightship accounts and other mental health-related accounts.

Please turn off the public DMing feature on your Team Lightship's account.

Please ensure your account is set to public.

Please do not follow/interact with Listeners/Members on their personal social media accounts or unapproved Lightship Team accounts.

You are to represent yourself as a trained active listener and not a mental health professional, crisis counsellor or paid employee of 7 Cups.

If you chose to leave the Lightship Team, it is your responsibility to deactivate your account entirely.

If you agree to the mentioned guidelines above and meet the requirements to join the team, you can fill up THIS(Click me) form. After it, someone from the team will reach out to you to let you know if your application has been approved and to help with setting up the social media account.

If you have any queries regarding it, feel free to reach out to @DreamTouch or @ouiCherie

*edited by forum mentor @rebecca947 to edit coleads and add additional information*