We were in the @nytimes.com this week, and we are so thankful to writer Rachel Louise Snyder for bringing such attention and nuance to the everyday challenges of domestic abuse survivors and the agencies (like us) who seek to help them. nyti.ms/4mN1KLO
When we experience funding uncertainty the way we have this year, it means that our flexibility is all but gone. We have to send so much of our operating funds toward essential services that the "extras" we do, like our food pantry for survivors, are weakened.
Can you help? bit.ly/SV_Boutique.
Did you miss our Food Drive this week? Our Free Boutique for Survivors still needs lots of items to stock our shelves! Please see the wishlist attached to this post, or visit our online wishlist at: bit.ly/SV_Boutique
Big thanks to the Maine Resiliency Center for hosting this training on Narrative Therapy techniques. Several SV staff attended to learn about these tools and how they can influence our advocacy work with survivors.
If you are a survivor in Androscoggin, Franklin, or Oxford County in Maine (U.S.) and are interested in more information about this program, please sign up for the info list here: bit.ly/survivorstor...
A couple weeks ago, survivors who are taking part in our Survivor Storytellers group got the pick from a selection of journals to use as their place to start writing their stories, and we can't WAIT to see what they do with this space to write and explore. 💜
Safe Voices served 2,744 survivors of domestic abuse, sex trafficking, and sexual exploitation last year, for a total of 14,512 individual contacts. This is our highest number ever, representing both a high level of need AND, importantly, a high number of survivors who believe in a better life. 💜
Something often lost in the conversations about federal funding cuts is the fact that nonprofits are often providing the only safety net a community has. We're doing the work that a government might otherwise do, but subsidized via our fundraising efforts. So we're already pretty darn efficient!
