VOCA cuts, Summer Match, Bridgerton, and more in this week's edition. Save the date: Doorways' Open Hearts, Open Doors event is October 30th! Donate Now to Triple Your Gift We're halfway to our Summer Match deadline! Don't miss this chance to triple your gift! This match is our favorite kind of math. How does it work? For every $1 you donate between now and June 30th, our generous Summer Match sponsor will donate $2, so $1 becomes $3. That means $25 becomes $75, $100 becomes $300, and $1,000 becomes $3,000! Donate Now to Triple Your Gift! Why it's critical to make the most of your gift by donating now Did you read last week's edition of This Week @ Doorways? We described our community's increasing needs, growing threats against survivors, and shrinking funds for services for survivors. Survivors who need and deserve all the support we can give them. If you haven't read it, check it out now to learn about these challenges and five things you can do about them right now to support survivors. Read Now In the last five years, the number of survivors sheltered in Doorways' safehousing more than doubled. Last year, more than half were children. In the News Critical Fund for US Domestic Violence Victims Faces Major Cuts "Advocates are bracing for a major funding cut to a critical source of support for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse in the US that will take effect later this year. A total of 37%, or $700m, will be slashed from the national Crime Victims Fund, an essential lifeline for state and local services such as domestic violence hotlines and legal assistance for survivors, when the government's next fiscal year begins in October." Read More “The consequences of not being able to access services are so dire. And we worry, of course, that it is deadly.”  —Monica McLaughlin, Senior Director of Public Policy, National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) Urge your Members of Congress to act now Deposits into the Crime Victims Fund (CVF) remain lower than anticipated, and the $1.2 billion proposed by the House, the Senate, and in the President’s Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) budget for the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) is a devastating $700 million cut. Join NNEDV in urging your Members of Congress to act now! Act Now At 17, She Fell in Love With a 47-Year-Old. Now She Questions the Story. "Looking back on it five decades later, she realized there was something sinister about his conduct that she had failed to grasp before — an older man, a teacher in a position of power, taking advantage of his student, a teenager who craved his approval. 'In a marriage you have this shared mythology, and you have to share the mythology while your partner’s still alive,' Ciment said. 'But once your partner dies, the story becomes yours.'" Read More ⚠️ Spoiler Alert for Season 3 of Bridgerton ⚠️ Consent in "Bridgerton" Sex Scenes Is Getting Better, But Experts Still Point to Flaws "Colin and Penelope's first time isn't a perfect scene; the power dynamics around gender remain. The man is both socially advanced and more sexually experienced than his partner. She does not know what is going to happen during the interaction, and he only minimally explains. 'For informed consent to take place, the less experienced partner must understand exactly what they're agreeing to. They must know what the acts they're signing up for involve, and all the possible consequences.'" Read More   Share This Email Share This Email Share This Email Help create pathways out of homelessness, domestic violence, and sexual assault. Give the gift of safe harbor, healing, and hope today. Donate Now Doorways | P.O. Box 100185 | Arlington, VA 22210 US Unsubscribe | Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice