Ann recommends:
Resources for a more conscious life
Green Dot Strategy
Ending violence…one green dot at a time.
The Green Dot strategy is a comprehensive approach to violence prevention that capitalizes on the power of peer and cultural influence across all levels of the socio-ecological model. Informed by social change theory, the model targets all community members as potential bystanders, and seeks to engage them, through awareness, education, and skills-practice, in proactive behaviors that establish intolerance of violence as the norm, as well as reactive interventions in high-risk situations – resulting in the ultimate reduction of violence. No one has to do everything…Everyone has to do something.
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Empower women and girls to heal grief, loss, and trauma, and reclaim their inner authority.
Heal my Voice develops collaborative projects with women in organizations and communities that encourage leadership, community building and the reclaiming of each woman’s voice. In a nine-month process, women support each other in writing a story to heal something in their lives. After writing the story, several months are focused on speaking about the story and the next steps of leadership. It is time for women to heal their voices individually and collectively. We are moving past reading the words about giving other people permission to shine their lights. We are Living it in here…. And the more we live it in the Heal My Voice projects, as we write our stories, heal our voices, shine our lights, celebrate each other, process our “less than” feelings and allow ourselves to be loved and appreciated for our uniqueness, we begin to LIVE this in the world. We are carving new pathways and actually experiencing the quote that Marianne Williamson wrote almost twenty years ago. “We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world.”
Visit the website to find out how you can participate in a project, and/or sponsor and support the efforts of Heal My Voice.
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bone sigh arts
Authentically feminine healing art.
Enough is Enough
Making the internet safer for children and families.
Final Salute, Inc.
The mission of Final Salute, Inc., is to provide homeless women Veterans and their children with safe and suitable housing. The word “homeless” should not be associated with any Veteran.
Habitat for Humanity
Helping to create a world where everyone has a decent place to live. Find out how you can help change lives and rebuild communities.
HopeLine from Verizon
This program connects survivors of domestic violence to vital resources, funds organizations nationwide and protects the environment. To date, over 10 million phones have been collected nationwide and over $18 million has been donated to domestic violence organizations. Find out how you can help. Download the HopeLine App.
Joyful Heart Foundation
The non-profit started by actress Mariska Hargitay of Law and Order: SVU, with a mission to heal, educate and empower survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence and child abuse, and to shed light into the darkness that surrounds these issues. The vision of the JHF is a community with no sexual assault, domestic violence and child abuse. #NOMORE
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Providing services and support to survivors of domestic violence for over 35 years.
NO MORE Campaign
No More Silence. No More Violence. A campaign to end domestic violence and sexual assault.