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repost from our friends at @vermontnetwork
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Cyntoia Brown was 16 and a victim of sex trafficking when she was arrested for killing a man who was attempting to sexually assault her. The Tennessee Supreme Court recently ruled that she must remain in prison for 51 years before being eligible for release. #freecyntoiabrown

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artwork: @janaillustration

follow our friends @blackfemmesurvival --creator of the black femme survival guide, a tool that our advocacy team shares with so many black & brown survivors & students that we serve.
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Black Femme Survival is a social justice platform & community healing project which creates brave spaces for Black & Brown Queer Femmes of all identities to learn, heal, & thrive together.

This online platform is centered upon uplifting the voices of black & brown femmes to share their survival stories and the survival guide is a self-help, self care resource for black & brown queer femmes of all identities. This guide connects and honors the legacy of queer black femmes who have struggled, thrived, and created before us and honors oral history and life experience as knowledge.

Drop In hours are cancelled tonight due to weather. Next hours are on 12/11!

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Our hotline is always available at 802.863.1236

some great advice from our friends at @scoutandcompany

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?”
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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😍
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shout out to the anonymous person in the community trying to connect survivors to resources 🌿
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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 🦋
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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.
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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.
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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

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art by @sarah.epperson

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