Support kids at Doorways all year long |
Thank you to all of our back-to-school sponsors! At Doorways, we have the joy of seeing the kids in our programs go back to school loaded with new backpacks and school supplies thanks to these amazingly generous sponsors. |
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But we don't stop there, because we know the children we serve need more to overcome the trauma they have experienced. Will you keep the positive momentum going and support our critically important Children's Services today? Learn how your gift can help.
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Back to School campaign success |
You did it! Thanks to you, all 85 kids in our programs have the supplies they need for the new school year. Thank you! |
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Up next, Holiday Wishes! Stay tuned for ways to support our clients during the holiday season.
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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM) |
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5 Ways to Take Action during DVAM |
Doorways serves thousands of survivors each year with a trauma-informed approach designed to build on clients' strengths and make a lasting impact in their lives. But we can't do it alone. We need your help. What better time than DVAM to take action and support survivors? |
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Healing is a Journey: Honoring Domestic Violence Awareness |
This October, Arlington honors Domestic Violence Awareness Month with an event focused on hope and healing after trauma. Join us as we discuss how the healing process can look for survivors of domestic and dating violence and the community resources available to support someone on their journey.
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Arlington Reads: Stephanie Land |
Hear from Stephanie Land, whose best-selling debut memoir Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive recounts her journey a single mom navigating "the poverty trap."
About Maid: "At age 28, Land's dream of attending college and becoming a writer are deferred when a summer fling turns into an unplanned pregnancy. After facing domestic abuse, and lacking any form of reliable safety net, she checks into a homeless shelter with her 7-month-old daughter."
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This presentation is made in partnership with Arlington's Action Plan for Ending Homelessness, a community-wide initiative committed to ending homelessness in Arlington, and the Arlington Community Foundation.
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Join us to raise awareness, support survivors, and take a stand against domestic violence. Wear purple and post your pictures to social media to show your support!
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The New American Homeless |
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"Housing insecurity in the nation's richest cities is far worse than government statistics claim. Just ask the Goodmans." |
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"If the term 'working homeless' has not yet entered our national vocabulary, there is reason to expect that it soon will. Hidden within the world of homelessness has always been a subset of individuals, usually single parents, with jobs; what's different now is the sheer extent of this phenomenon. For a widening swath of the nearly seven million American workers living below the poverty line, a combination of skyrocketing rents, stagnant wages, and a lack of tenant protections has proved all but insurmountable. Theirs, increasingly, is the face of homelessness in the United States: people whose paychecks are no longer enough to keep a roof over their heads." Read more. |
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"Factor by which the number of homeless children enrolled in public school nationally during the 2016–2017 school year exceeds HUD's 2017 tally of homelessness. Most funding for homeless services is based on HUD's much lower numbers."
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Intimate partner violence against women creates economic hardship, study finds |
"The study reinforced the idea that there are more than just physical ramifications in an abusive relationship." |
"Women who experience intimate partner violence, including physical, emotional, and controlling abuse, are more likely to suffer material hardship – the inability to purchase food, housing, utilities, medical care or other needs for a healthy life." Continue reading. |
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How to Bring Our Mission Home |
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As the school year starts, talk with your kids about consent. |
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Consent: More than a buzzword
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How I used a haircut to teach my daughter about consent |
"That haircut sets the stage for so many other, bigger things in her life. And while I mourn the loss of my baby's perfect curls, I am happy because she is happy, because her haircut happened just the way she wanted it, and with her full, enthusiastic consent." Read more. |
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When you're on the autistic spectrum, consent is complicated |
"The point of sharing all of this is to encourage a more dynamic understanding of enthusiastic consent. It's to make people think about what touch and consent mean for disabled people who don't have the option to consent, or who feel like their boundaries and accommodations are regularly ignored or discounted, who have to sacrifice their bodily autonomy for their own health and survival." Read more. |
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Ask & Share: What does consent mean to you?
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