Dawson Women’s Shelter wants to acknowledge that our community has been hurting and on high alert due to multiple physical and sexual assaults this past week.
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Learn the warning signs of abuse and how to help a friend.
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How you can recognize that a friend might be at risk of suicide, quick ways you can help, and lots of resources for supporters and folks who are struggling.
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What resources do you know in Dawson City or all of Yukon for either for survivors of sexual violence or who help to prevent sexual violence?
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Sexual violence is a broad term that describes any violence, physical or psychological, carried out through sexual means or by targeting sexuality.
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“People are confronted with the violence, both the violence that women are experiencing but also the power of and presence of Indigenous women.” - Jaime Black, creator of the REDress Project
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Dr. Daniel Sumrok challenge us to instead of thinking about ‘addictions’ think about “ritualized compulsive comfort-seeking” because “ritualized compulsive comfort-seeking (what traditionalists call addiction) is a normal response to the adversity experienced in childhood, just like bleeding is a normal response to being stabbed.”
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Learn the warning signs of abuse and how to help a friend.
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Shining a spotlight on some incredible suicide prevention campaigns.
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How you can recognize that a friend might be at risk of suicide, quick ways you can help, and lots of resources for supporters and folks who are struggling.
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Sexual Violence Prevention Month wrapped up last week, but that doesn’t end our commitment to creating communities based on consent.
There’s so much incredible info being created about supporting survivors, preventing sexual violence, and practicing healthy consent. To end of Sexual Violence Prevention Month, we’ve created a post with all the videos and resources that didn’t fit in other posts.
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May being Sexual Assault Prevention Month is a great time to let folks know about how DWS can help survivors and their supporters.
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Keeping the safety of the Dawson community - especially elders and chronically ill folks - in mind, DWS will be reopening drop-in services - supportive listening, laundry, showers and resource library– in a modified way.
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Show your support for families that have lost Indigenous women, girls, and Two Spirit folks and show your commitment to creating a world without violence by hanging red clothing outside your house October 1st to 8th.
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Join us for a gathering, walk along the Yukon River, and a bonfire on Front Street in solidarity to raise awareness about the indigenous women, girls, and Two Spirit people who have been and continue to be murdered or disappear. Everyone is welcome.
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Let’s get into what case review looks like, how it was created, and why folks care about it so darn much.
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There are so many more important q’s to ask…
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Several Yukon-based non-profit organizations that advocate on behalf of women who have been sexually assaulted in the Yukon are looking for answers after RCMP National Headquarters pulled the plug on a three-year project.
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Keeping the safety of the Dawson community - especially elders and chronically ill folks - in mind, DWS will be reopening drop-in services - supportive listening, laundry, showers and resource library– in a modified way.
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Violence against Indigenous women, Two Spirit folks, and girls is a national tragedy.
Join us for a gathering, walk along the Yukon River, and a bonfire on Front Street in solidarity to raise awareness about the indigenous women, girls, and Two Spirit people who have been and continue to be murdered or disappear. Everyone is welcome.
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