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The Center For A Non Violent Community 2021-2022 annual report speaks to how we #ChoosetoChallenge the status quo. “If you see something, say something,” has been our motto for the past couple of years. We decided to turn this question inward and challenge ourselves to think differently and as a result…
Big changes in the coming year!
More than 90% of people are afraid to access mental and physical health care when they have just fled for their life in Tuolumne County. It can feel like an impossibly big and overwhelming problem to solve.
Antiquated technology and limited appropriate space hinders CNVC from providing safe and confidential places for survivors to access health care. It can be challenging to make a concept as big as access to health care concrete. By naming tangible solutions we begin to pull apart the multifaceted web of destruction to Restore Lives and Renew Futures.
With a micro grant from the Sonora Area Foundation’s Innovation Project Challenge, CNVC had the seed money to get together survivors of domestic violence, staff, service providers, and volunteers. We brainstormed the best solutions to providing safe spaces for survivors. We begin with remodeling a series of dilapidated, unsafe garage bays into safe, usable space that is equipped with high speed internet and technolo-gy to be used by survivors, staff, and community partners.
Next steps: CNVC Campus Expansion plan for Safe & Confidential access to:
• Private mental and physical health care providers using on-line technology.
• Space for healing (support) groups to meet in per-son as well as via technology which support self-efficacy, solace, and hope.
• ADA compliant accessibility.
• Space for survivors to meet with advocates.
