Big Thank You to our RISE Hotline Volunteer of the Month: Imani K! Imani is one of our interns and has been a rockstar in helping our anti-human trafficking team. She has been great in stepping in and taking additional shifts in office and is doing great work in participating in the RISE operational outreaches alongside law enforcement. For this, RISE would like to recognize her as the volunteer of the month!
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We are proud of how the Signs of Hope Counseling Center continues to grow. We’ve added 25 weekly counseling hours, allowing us to serve more survivors of sexual violence than ever before. We are now able to offer counseling appointments 5 days a week, for people of all ages, in three languages (English, Spanish, and Farsi).
We’re also able to provide support groups for adults, teens, parents of survivors, and survivors of trafficking, as well as specialized therapeutic services like weekly yoga and art therapy for survivors.
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