TRIGGER WARNING: Some of the content in this email addresses the difficult and sensitive topic of sexual assault against domestic workers. If you feel comfortable proceeding, we appreciate your understanding and support. If you find this topic distressing, please prioritize your well-being and consider skipping this particular email. Thank you for your understanding and commitment to creating a safer space for everyone.

John – on my very first night as a live-in caretaker for a new client, I was sexually assaulted.

I didn't report him. I needed the money too badly. So I stayed, and the abuse continued. I felt isolated and alone.

Without an HR department or a support system, my only answer was to keep quiet and pray for a way out.

So many domestic workers like me are stuck working in the shadows — because of their immigration status or just because of how vulnerable working paycheck to paycheck leaves us.

But none of us deserve to go to work every day fearing sexual harassment, violence, and abuse, and that’s where you can help.

So, John, I'm asking: can you make a donation to the National Domestic Workers Alliance to power our work to end sexual harassment, violence, and abuse against domestic workers?

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Supporting domestic workers who've faced abuse is just one of the crucial and life-changing frontline programs we do at the National Domestic Workers Alliance. This organizing work is 1-1, takes time to nurture, build trust and foster a relationship, and it's deeply personal.

But the truth is our organizing work can only take us so far when the laws governing domestic workers make sexual harassment legal and are littered with loopholes excluding domestic workers from even the most basic workplace protections.

Now thanks to the relentless leadership of the incredible domestic workers who are part of the National Domestic Workers Alliance around the country, we’ve pushed ten states, two major cities, and the District of Columbia to step up, and are making enormous strides towards passing a National Domestic Workers Bill of Rights.

We won't stop until ALL domestic workers are protected, and we need your support. So, before the last day of 2023 comes to a close, can you make a donation, John, to NDWA to power our work to end sexual harassment, violence, and abuse against domestic workers?

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Thanks for your support,

June Barrett, Domestic Worker Leader
National Domestic Workers Alliance