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BEYOND SURVIVAL MODE™ and WHAT'S THE PRICE FOR A BLACK MAN'S LIFE™ are educational, informational, storytelling, and community engagement platforms.
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Submission & community participation notice.
By submitting stories, comments, questions, journal entries, reflections, audio recordings, videos, or other content through this platform, you acknowledge that:
- Your submission does not establish a therapist-client, counselor-client, physician-patient, attorney-client, or any other professional relationship.
- Responses generated by our platform, community moderators, contributors, mentors, artificial intelligence tools, or automated systems are intended for educational and informational purposes only.
- Any response received should not be considered professional mental health, medical, legal, financial, or crisis intervention advice.
- If you are experiencing emotional distress, mental health concerns, thoughts of self-harm, suicidal thoughts, violence, abuse, or a crisis situation, you should immediately contact emergency services, a licensed mental health professional, or an appropriate crisis support organization.
By submitting content, you agree that you are solely responsible for your decisions, actions, and personal well-being.
Important mental health & safety notice.
BEYOND SURVIVAL MODE™ IS NOT A CRISIS INTERVENTION SERVICE.
If you are experiencing:
- Thoughts of suicide
- Self-harm
- Severe depression
- Domestic violence
- Substance abuse emergencies
- Mental health crises
- Immediate danger to yourself or others
Please call 911, contact local emergency services, or reach out to a licensed mental health professional immediately.
If you are in the United States, call or text 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
Do not rely on this website, app, community platform, AI-generated response, or any user-generated content during an emergency or crisis situation.
The words we use — and the words we don't.
Because this work is centered around trauma, healing, Black men and boys, wellness, and emotional expression, we are intentional with our language. We don't offer "therapy," "treatment," "counseling," "diagnosis," or "clinical assessment."
What we do offer:
Terms of use.
By accessing Beyond Survival Mode™, Check In, or any related service, you agree to these terms. If you don't agree, please don't use the platform.
- Educational use only. The platform is provided for educational, informational, mentorship, and community purposes — never as professional advice or a substitute for licensed care.
- No professional relationship. Using the platform does not create a therapist-client, counselor-client, physician-patient, attorney-client, or fiduciary relationship.
- Your content. You retain ownership of stories, reflections, and other content you submit. By submitting, you grant Beyond Survival Mode™ a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, display, and excerpt that content as part of the community platform and movement.
- Acceptable use. Don't scrape, abuse, reverse engineer, or use the platform to harass, threaten, or harm others. Don't impersonate anyone. Don't upload unlawful content.
- AI-generated responses. Responses from the Check In mentor are generated by AI for educational and reflective purposes. They are not always accurate and should not be relied on as professional advice.
- Changes. We may update these terms at any time. Continued use after updates means you accept the changes.
- Governing law. These terms are governed by the laws of the United States and the state in which Beyond Survival Mode™ operates.
Privacy.
We take care with the trust you place in us. Here's the plain-language version.
- What we collect. Chat threads and messages you send to Check In; your email address if you subscribe to the movement; and an anonymous account identifier so your conversations stay tied to your device.
- How we use it. To deliver and improve the mentorship experience, to send updates if you've subscribed, and to keep the platform safe.
- We do not sell your data. Period.
- Service providers. We use trusted infrastructure providers for hosting, storage, authentication, and AI responses. They process data on our behalf under their own security and privacy controls.
- Cookies & local storage. We use your browser's local storage to remember your disclaimer acknowledgment and to keep you signed in. We don't use third-party advertising trackers.
- Your choices. You can delete your conversations from within the app at any time. To request deletion of subscription data, contact us.
- Children. The platform is intended for users 13 and older. We do not knowingly collect data from children under 13.
