The agency of Madeline’s House and SAVE May/June 2021 Events We currently do not have any events scheduled. However, Announcements keep an eye on our website's calender for upcoming events. Welcome to new Staff and Interns! If you are interested in SCVP participating in your event, • Sharvae-Shelter Case Manager please call our office at 434-394-3505. • Debra- Counseling Intern • Haley-Intern

Awareness Months... We are hiring! We are looking to hire an Educator (Licensed Teacher) See our May Indeed announcement for more • Mental Health Awareness Month information. • Military Appreciation Month We are still accepting new interns and June volunteers. If you are interested in getting • Pride Month involved, call our office at 434-394-3505 or • PTSD Awareness Month email our Volunteer Coordinator at • June 4th- Gun Violence Awareness Day [email protected]. • June 19th- We have an additional location. Our second office address is 119 W 7th Street Kenbridge, VA 23944. Hours are Tuesday through Thursday from 10a.m.-2p.m. and by appointment. Military Appreciation Month National Military Appreciation Month occurs in May. It was officially recognized by Congress in 1999. There are several key dates during the month of May: Loyalty Day (), Military Spouse Appreciation Day (May 7), VE Day (May 8), Armed Forces Day (May 15), and Mental Health (May 31). Awareness Month This past year presented so many different We hope you took the time to honor both active and challenges and obstacles that tested our strength former members of our military. and resiliency. The global pandemic forced us to With May having been Military Appreciation Month, we cope with situations we never even imagined, and a want to remind current military members and veterans lot of us struggled with our mental health as a that SCVP offers counseling services to those who have result. The good news is that there are tools and experienced domestic and/or sexual violence. Our PTSD resources available that can support the well-being therapy is the same that is offered at the VA. If you or of individuals and communities. anyone you know is interested in starting counseling services, call 434-394-3505 or 1-888-819-2926. We also know that the past year forced many to accept tough situations that they had little to no control over. If you found that it impacted your mental health, you aren’t alone.

Now, more than ever, we need to combat the stigma surrounding mental health concerns. That’s why during Mental Health Month, SCVP highlighted our mental health services. We offer counseling and Donation crisis intervention services. We provide crisis intervention to help stabilize Items Needed victims immediately after a traumatic experience and guide them to physical and emotional safety. • Monetary Donations We can conduct psychological evaluations to assess • Vehicle the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral abilities and • Your time! (aka needs of our clients. We also provide short-term counseling and therapy to assist clients in become a volunteer) developing fundamental tools to gain a greater understanding of themselves, strengthen their personal and interpersonal problem-solving, and expand their coping strategies.

Counseling and therapy is offered in group formats; and, as resources allow, we provide individual counseling and therapy. We provide psychoeducation, supportive counseling, and peer- support. We utilize a wide-range of therapeutic options so that our clients receive the style of therapy best fitted for them. For example, we offer therapies that focus specifically on the trauma experienced as well as those that focus on common effects of trauma, such as interpersonal conflict, substance abuse, anger management, and grief. The therapies we offer are research-informed, such as Interpersonal Therapy, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or Cognitive Processing To make a donation, contact our office at Therapy. We also incorporate Expressive Therapy (434)394-3505 or visit our website, scvpcares.org, or techniques as appropriate. GoFundMe page, https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/ campaign/empower-survivors-be-the-change If you are interested in counseling services, call our office at 434-394-3505.

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scvpcares.org | Office: (434) 395-3505 | Crisis hotline: 1-888-819-2926 P.O. Box 466 Farmville, VA 23901 | Facebook Instagram Twitter The agency of Madeline’s House and SAVE May/June 2021 What Is Pride Month? Pride Month originated as a singular day designed to commemorate the Stonewall Riots. The Stonewall Riots were a series of demonstrations by members of the LGBTQ+ community in response to police raiding the Stonewall Inn, a notable gay bar during the time. The first day of the Riots was June 28, 1969, and while the riots expanded to cover multiple days in July, June 28th came to be known as the day to commemorate the first protest at Stonewall. As such, Pride Day came to be known as June 28th. It wasn’t until Bill Clinton declared June as “Gay and Lesbian Pride Month” in 1999 and 2000 that the first instances of “Pride Month” began. Following Clinton, Obama followed up by declaring June as “LGBT Pride Month” during every year he was in office. And just recently, President Biden declared June as “LGBTQ+ Pride Month” in 2021.

Pride Month is celebrated and recognized through a variety of means. One of the most common methods is the Pride Parade. These social outdoor events are designed to celebrate the achievements and legal rights of the LGBTQ+ community, given that these rights were not guaranteed by members of the community. Additionally, the parades seek to honor the history of the LGBTQ+ rights movement.

Domestic Violence and LGBTQ+ Community Domestic violence does not just occur in heterosexual relationships. It can affect people of all genders and sexual orientations. Within the LGBTQ+ community, domestic violence occurs at a rate equal or higher than the heterosexual community. LGBTQ+ individuals experience forms of domestic violence and barriers due to fears of discrimination or bias. LGBTQ+ members may also be denied assistance to domestic violence services due to homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia.

SCVP believes everyone, including those of the LGBTQ+ community, deserve a life free from abuse. PTSD Awareness Month PTSD Awareness Month is observed every June. This month is dedicated to raising awareness about PTSD and how to access treatment.

Anyone can experience PTSD as a result of trauma in their lives. Some events that may cause PTSD might be disasters, combat, accidents, and abuse. Whatever the reason, PTSD is treatable and there are resources to help diagnose PTSD and get help.

If you or someone you know is experiencing PTSD as a result of abuse and are seeking care, call our office at 434-394-3505 or our hotline at 1-888-819-2926.

Why Orange?

On June 4th, individuals will wear orange to raise awareness about gun violence and to remember those who lost their lives to gun violence.

In 2015, The Wear Orange campaign and National Gun Awareness Day began to commemorate the death of Hadiya Pendleton, a high school student from the South Side of Chicago. Pendleton marched in Obama’s second inaugural parade in 2013. The following week she was shot and killed on a playground in Chicago. Hadiya Pendleton’s friends wore orange in her honor when she was shot and killed.

On June 2, 2015, on what would have been Pendleton's 18th birthday, Wear Orange began and now takes place on the first Friday in June.

Juneteenth Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or , marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people were freed. Juneteenth honors the end to slavery in the and is considered the longest-running African American holiday.

Juneteenth is a day of celebration of black travel and freedom. It is a great opportunity to recognize the many contributions blacks have made to American culture.

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