When independent supporters rally thousands of people to your cause, that’s a movement. The cause is To Write Love On Her Arms (TWLOHA), an organization that gives hope to people struggling with self-injury, suicide, depression and addiction. The supporters have declared this weekend (Friday-Saturday) TWLOHA Day and set up a variety of Facebook event pages (44 and counting). So far tens of thousands of people around the world have agreed to write love on their arms (literally and figuratively) this weekend.

The movement is love. That’s the central message of TWLOHA: That even though life is hard, there are people listening, it’s OK to struggle, it’s OK to get help and there is hope. Finding tangible ways to show that love is the hallmark of TWLOHA. The organization started in 2006 with a MySpace page and T-shirts, initially as an effort to get treatment for a friend. It’s grown into a massive movement with more than 800,000 fans on Facebook and local chapters on 35 college campuses and counting.

TWLOHA founder Jamie Tworkowski is currently on a tour of college campuses, sharing his story, spreading hope and recruiting others to this movement of love.

“I meet people who say they are still alive because of this website,” Tworkowski said in an interview with The Ball State Daily News. “That is the heart of the matter.”

Check out Facebook events for TWLOHA Day and To Write Love On Her Arms Day. Let us know in the comments below if you plan to participate and why. Learn more about TWLOHA and check out the tour.

More TWLOHA on HalogenTV.com:

TWLOHA: Hope and Help for Depression, Suicide, Self Injury »
TWLOHA Founder Jamie Tworkowski Talks to Halogen TV »