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  Erik Robinson  

  • Children deserve honest information about the risks they may encounter online. Adults deserve resources that help them guide, protect, and communicate effectively with young people.

  • Our programs are skills-based, non-graphic, evidence-informed, and age-appropriate. They empower children to make safe decisions and equip adults to have meaningful, supportive conversations.

  • Erik’s Cause engages in awareness-building by sharing advocacy links and partnering with aligned organizations working to highlight online harms and social media challenge risks. They support broader efforts to influence policy, elevate public understanding, and spur safer digital environments for kids. This work connects community, education, and policy levels around online safety.

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Turning our Tragedy into Action

to Fight Online Harms

Integrity, creativity, and empathy shape the way we work. These aren't just words—they’re the foundation of everything we build. We believe in doing great work, building real relationships, and making it easy for you to get the results you’re looking for.

Erik’s Cause

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High quality materials

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Customized for you

  • It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.

  • It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.

Global artisans

  • It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.

  • It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.

High quality materials

  • It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.

  • It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.

Customized for you

  • It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.

  • It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • We offer a range of solutions designed to meet your needs—whether you're just getting started or scaling something bigger. Everything is tailored to help you move forward with clarity and confidence.

  • Getting started is simple. Reach out through our contact form or schedule a call—we’ll walk you through the next steps and answer any questions along the way.

  • We combine a thoughtful, human-centered approach with clear communication and reliable results. It’s not just what we do—it’s how we do it that sets us apart.

  • You can reach us anytime via our contact page or email. We aim to respond quickly—usually within one business day.

  • We offer flexible pricing based on project type and complexity. After an initial conversation, we’ll provide a transparent quote with no hidden costs.

  • Collaborative, honest, and straightforward. We're here to guide the process, bring ideas to the table, and keep things moving.

NEWS

  • It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

  • It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

  • It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

  • It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

Turning our TragedY into Action
to Fight Online Harms

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OUR PROGRAMS

Erik’s Cause centers on prevention education — teaching kids, supporting parents, and pushing broader awareness and safety efforts around dangerous social media-driven challenges and online harms.

  • A skill-based classroom module titled “Navigating Online Harms” helps students recognize and understand the real dangers of viral online challenges and broader online harms. It promotes critical thinking, teaches refusal and peer-pressure resistance skills, and encourages healthier decision-making. The program is fully scripted, adaptable to health/digital wellness curricula, and offered free of charge.

  • Complementing the student training, structured parent workshops equip caregivers with background on online risks, warning signs, and concrete strategies for talking with their kids. These sessions help bridge communication between home and school on sensitive topics like social media influence. The workshops are designed to reinforce what students learn and expand the parent’s toolkit.  

  • Erik’s Cause engages in awareness-building by sharing advocacy links and partnering with aligned organizations working to highlight online harms and social media challenge risks. They support broader efforts to influence policy, elevate public understanding, and spur safer digital environments for kids. This work connects community, education, and policy levels around online safety.

  • The organization provides downloadable resources — including research, fact sheets, and educational guides — tailored to educators, families, and young people. These materials support improved literacy around online risk behaviors and give actionable tips for prevention and early intervention. The resource hub also lists other groups working on related safety issues.

  • "It was very powerful. We had a huge response from students."

    Donna Nichols | Health/PE Teacher
    Spring Middle School
    Maury School District, TN

  • "...It was incredible! Thank you for offering this program. It is something we will continue to do with our students"

    Donna Nichols | Health/PE Teacher
    Spring Middle School
    Maury School District, TN

  • “Erik’s Cause reminds people that one moment can change everything, but one voice can change even more.”

    Community Supporter

  • “What stands out about Erik’s Cause is how it turns pain into purpose and awareness into action.”

    Program Advocate

  • “Erik’s Cause doesn’t just tell a story. It creates a reason for people to listen, learn, and show up.”

    Youth Outreach Supporter

MORE NEWS

  • Why is it so hard to hold social media platforms liable? 

    The brief answer to this:  In 1996, Congress wanted online platforms to grow as venues for commerce and communication while at the same time proactively curb harmful behavior online.  If platforms were viewed as a publisher, they could be held liable for its online content.  So, in 1996 Congress enacted the Communications Decency Act to protect online companies from liability arising from what is posted on their platforms.  In short, Section 230 of this act provides these companies complete immunity from whatever is posted.  Click HERE understand what the intent of Section 230 initially was and why it has morphed into a blanket immunity shield for these companies.  

    While this may have made sense in the 1990s, no one could have predicted the explosion of social media and it's grip hold.  In the 1990s, the general public was entirely unaware that these platforms primarily operate by algorithms generating and pushing content to end users without regard for the appropriateness of that content and/or the potential dangers that came with that content.

    Still … courts interpret Section 230 as a complete immunity shield for all online platforms.  And it empowers platforms not to care because they are forever not liable for any potential consequences.

    Click HERE to understand why Section 230 needs to be amended.

    Where does that leave us now?

    Since 2021, state and federal legislatures appear to have finally awakened to this issue and have started both to investigate (via hearings) and proposing laws, though the hurdle of Section 230 appears almost insurmountable.

    Click on the links below to learn more of what has been (and continues to be) uncovered with respect to social media’s harm in general but particularly as it relates to the harms it causes to our kids, as well as both federal and state attempts to hold social media platforms accountable.

  • Since 2021, state and federal legislatures appear to have finally awakened to this issue and have started both to investigate (via hearings) and proposing laws, though the hurdle of Section 230 appears almost insurmountable.

    Click on the links below to learn more of what has been (and continues to be) uncovered with respect to social media’s harm in general but particularly as it relates to the harms it causes to our kids, as well as both federal and state attempts to hold social media platforms accountable.

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  • Erik’s Cause engages in awareness-building by sharing advocacy links and partnering with aligned organizations working to highlight online harms and social media challenge risks. They support broader efforts to influence policy, elevate public understanding, and spur safer digital environments for kids. This work connects community, education, and policy levels around online safety.

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These tragedies began well before Erik and sadly still continue ...Below are media articles and reports from across the globe

Many incidents are never publicized and deaths are often misclassified as suicide
(UPDATES STILL IN PROGRESS)

Prior to 2023, these news links primarily pertain to pass out challenges.

As of 2023, we will also add salient articles re legislative advocacy efforts. For online harms and social media challenges in general, CLICK HERE.