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Advocates are available 24/7 on our Crisis Hotline! 🌟 #chittendencounty #believesurvivors “What does it take for an organization to embody it’s values-like inclusion, equity and liberation for all?” ____ Check out the @vermontnetwork ‘s spotlight on the organizational transformation work we are engaged in to ensure that we serve *all* survivors better and walk it like we talk it 😍😍😍 a really sweet surprise to see this handmade poster up @citymarketcoop this morning😍 _______ shout out to the anonymous person in the community trying to connect survivors to resources 🌿 ______ our sibling organization is @stepsvt. They support survivors of intimate partner violence. To speak to an advocate about domestic violence you can call their hotline 802-658-1996 💛 #thankyou #hopeworksvt #believesurvivors 📣☎️📞 we are always here to help! #fbf to when our community partner @universityofvermont hosted erika hart (she/they)(@ihartericka), a queer femme sexuality educator, to share their work on queering consent and centering black people 🦋 — They left us with some homework, pictured above, and a lot of inspiration. One of our many take aways: the presence of force in our daily lives and how it impacts our ability to communicate about consent. — Force (and forcefulness) is a thread that runs throughout the very foundation of the United States. Erika lead us through analyzing historical events which demonstrated how Force was present at the birth of the constructs that we’ve come to know as race and gender. — Today, we see and experience the ripple effects in our everyday lives. Erika implores us to seek consent in every action and we agree! We are very grateful for her work 💛#chittendencounty #uvm #hopeworks #believesurvivors #queeringconsent #consent ✨ you are valid. you are important. we see you. trans rights are human rights and trans people #WontBeErased ___ art by @sarah.epperson
HOPE Works supports all survivors-primary & secondary 🌻 Learn more about secondary survivors and how we can support you in this video with Elle and Xochi 📽#hopeworks #endsexualviolence #believesurvivors #vtnetwork #btv #chittendencounty 💛 tonight our advocacy and education teams went to this event put on by UVM's Center for Cultural Pluralism. _____ the event was a continuation of Indigenous People's Day and featured the voices of some of our community favorites and collaborators. we are so grateful and humbled to have received their words. _____ colonization and sexual violence are inextricably linked. undertaking our mission of ending sexual violence and dismantling rape culture requires that we listen to and center the voices of Indigenous survivors and Indigenous movements. additionally, it requires that we reckon with the (mainstream) anti-violence movement's complicity in silencing the voices of / decentering the experiences of Indigenous survivors. _____ we ask y'all to (shout out to our friends at @voices802 for imploring us to think about this early this week) think about the myths we've been told about colonization and to actively work to unlearn them. #indigenouspeoplesday #endrapeculture #decolonize #believesurvivors #endsexualviolence some mutual learning and laughter with some of our colleagues from UVM's SANE program. / sexual assault nurse examiners (SANE nurses) are specially trained nurses on call 24 hours a day. In chittenden county, survivors can receive a SANE exam at the emergency room of the UVM medical center. HOPE Works advocates are paged to every SANE exam at UVMMC to give an individual the option of in-person support, advocacy, and referral. / advocates and SANE nurses work collaboratively in the ER to provide care and support to survivors. and so meetings such as this one are crucial as we debrief, support one another, and learn from each other's experiences & programs. / we appreciate days like today.
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