Overwatch Project | FORGE
Casey Woods is currently the Executive Director at Overwatch Project | FORGE since 2014. Previously, they were a Fellow at Ashoka since 2016 and worked as a writer, columnist, and multimedia journalist as a freelancer from 2009 to 2013. They also worked as a Staff Writer at The Miami Herald from 2003 to 2010, reporting on Latin American culture, politics, and lifestyle. Their journalistic background includes covering crime and local government as a Metro News Reporter. Casey graduated from Columbia University with a Master of Science (MS) in Journalism in 2003, following a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Comparative Area Studies and Literature from Duke University in 1996.
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Overwatch Project | FORGE
The Overwatch Project is coming at veteran suicide prevention from a new direction, using an approach that was successfully utilized to help solve another complex problem: drunk driving. We're building the equivalent of the “Friends Don’t Let Friends Drive Drunk” campaign for veterans, only instead of talking about alcohol and vehicles, we’re talking about firearms and suicide. We empower veterans with new skills and tools to save lives through suicide prevention trainings, conversation guides, and innovative online outreach that equip veterans to intervene when a friend is struggling – before it’s too late. We also help build suicide prevention capacity in non-profit networks, military family organizations, and others who serve the veteran community.