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Dear John,
Our movement began by making visible what had been invisible. When
women came to the emergency room of San Francisco General with
injuries inflicted by their partners, we documented what happened to
them with a Polaroid camera. In the 1980s, those photos were the
evidence survivors needed to seek justice and protection from their
abusers, and to better protect their children.
We then helped drive the passage of stronger laws in Congress, such as
the Family Violence and Prevention Services Act and the Violence
Against Women Act. By dedicating federal resources for services,
treatment and prevention in the 1990s, billions of dollars flowed to
local communities, to help families and communities who were hurting
to heal.
As COVID-19 makes its terrible mark on the world, FUTURES is still on
the frontline for safety and justice, serving and advocating for the
vulnerable communities we have worked with for decades.
Now as then, true and lasting solutions start with making visible what
has too long been hidden in plain sight: the daily struggles of
survivors, children living with trauma, women and communities of
color, immigrants, many trying to support their families on minimum
wage at best, the LGBTQ community, and others.
We launched the FUTURES rapid response plan, working around the clock
to expand our support for survivors, DV and SA service providers, the
most vulnerable children, and the low-wage workers hit hardest,
including the caregivers and service workers holding up our lifeline
in this crisis.
Our policy team played a major leadership role to secure significant
funding in the CARES Act and other relief bills, for safety, education
and health, including Head Start programs, programs for DV survivors,
the National Domestic Violence Hotline and services for the most
vulnerable children.
With 90 percent of the world's students confined at home,
according UNESCO, children in the U.S. who rely on schools for
meals, counseling and health services urgently need more support.The
FUTURES public education team adapted our curriculum for
trauma-informed schools, "Changing Minds,"into a virtual
format, and shared it with more than 2,100 public school educators
around the country.
Our health and children's teams have shifted to virtual support
for service providers, and are advocating for home visitors and child
welfare workers to have the PPE they need. They also prepared advice
for friends and families of those experiencing violence and we have
made it available in English and Spanish.
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In addition to rapid response, we are preparing for the deep and
sustained recovery phase needed to support those hit hardest. Our
workplace team is expanding its capacity with low-wage worker networks
around the country, to better support essential workers on the
frontlines, advocate for paid sick and family leave for all workers,
and unemployment benefits for those who've lost jobs because of the
pandemic.
We are also driving change with community partners around the country
to "build back better." Through an innovative partnership
with Bay Area leaders, FUTURES is launching a robust collaborative
among health, education, business, housing, food security and social
service leaders in a system-wide effort to improve the health and
well-being of vulnerable children and their families.
Where do you see innovative approaches? Reply to this message and and
let me know how we at FUTURES can lend our support.
We know that system change is hard -- and that it works. We've
been doing this work for more than 30 years, and we aren't about
to stop now.
Let's do this together,
Esta Signature
Founder & President
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