Mosaic Vermont Inc

MOSAIC VERMONT'S MISSION IS TO HEAL COMMUNITIES AND END SEXUAL VIOLENCE. MOSAIC ENVISIONS A WORLD WITH RESILIENT COMMUNITIES, FREE OF SEXUAL AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE, WHERE ALL PEOPLE ARE SUPPORTED IN HEALING FROM HARM. MOSAIC SERVES WASHINGTON COUNTY, VERMONT, PROVIDING DIRECT SERVICES TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY SEXUAL VIOLENCE, PERFORMING OUTREACH, AND OFFERING PREVENTION PROGRAMMING. MOSAIC OPERATES AN EMERGENCY SHELTER FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS DUE TO SEXUAL VIOLENCE, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON PROGRAMMING FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED SEX TRAFFICKING.

MOSAIC VERMONT, INC. SUPPORTED AND EMPOWERED PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCED SEXUAL HARM TO TAKE STEPS TOWARD HEALING. THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SERVICES SUCH AS OUR 24-HOUR HELPLINE; SAFETY PLANNING; DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT; ADVOCACY AT SEXUAL ASSAULT NURSE EXAMINATIONS; ASSISTANCE APPLYING FOR VICTIM'S COMPENSATION; SUPPORT IN COURT HEARINGS OR AT CRIME RELATED APPOINTMENTS OR INTERVIEWS; REFERRALS TO AND SUPPORT IN ACCESSING COMMUNITY RESOURCES; PARENT, FRIEND, AND CAREGIVER SUPPORT; AND CASE MANAGEMENT, WE HELPED PEOPLE BEGIN TO HEAL FROM HARM. MORE THAN 5,000 DIRECT RESPONSES TO HARM WERE PROVIDED; 330 INDIVIDUALS AND 60 CHILDREN. DURING THIS PAST YEAR, 26 PEOPLE RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM AN ADVOCATE AT A FORENSIC MEDICAL EXAM AND 31 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES RECEIVED SUPPORT DURING FORENSIC INTERVIEWS. ADVOCATES RESPONDED TO 535 QUESTIONS REGARDING HOUSING. MOSAIC VERMONT, INC. CONTINUED TO OFFER SHELTER TO PEOPLE OF ALL GENDERS AND FAMILIES WHO WERE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS DUE TO SEXUAL VIOLENCE. IN MOST CASES, PEOPLE SEEKING SHELTER HAD EXPERIENCED SEX TRAFFICKING. MOSAIC VERMONT, INC.'S SERVICE MODEL EMPHASIZED TRAFFICKING INTERVENTION, EDUCATION, AND PREVENTION. OUR SPACE OFFERED SURVIVORS OF COMPLEX TRAUMA AN OPPORTUNITY TO REST, ASSESS, AND BEGIN TO REBUILD. DURING THIS PERIOD THE SHELTER SERVED 7 PEOPLE, INCLUDING 3 CHILDREN AND YOUTH, FOR A TOTAL OF 708 BED NIGHTS. MOSAIC VERMONT, INC. WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER PROGRAM OF THE VERMONT NETWORK AGAINST DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE, WORKING FOR STATEWIDE SOLUTIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HARMED, AS WELL AS AN END TO VIOLENCE.

MOSAIC'S VISION OF A WORLD FREE FROM SEXUAL VIOLENCE IS, AT ITS HEART, A VISION IN WHICH ALL PEOPLE HAVE THE RESOURCES, FREEDOM, AND SUPPORT TO THRIVE AND LEAD SELF-DETERMINED LIVES. MOSAIC VERMONT, INC. IS WORKING STEADILY TO CREATE A CULTURE IN WHICH PEOPLE ARE EMPOWERED AND HAVE AUTONOMY IN THEIR BODIES, CONSENT IS SEXY, FOLKS HAVE THE TOOLS AND SAFETY TO STAND UP FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN, AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS AND PLEASURE ARE ABUNDANT. OUR PREVENTION PROGRAMMING WORKS WITH YOUTH AND ADULTS TO INCREASE OUR COLLECTIVE CAPACITY TO BUILD A WORLD FREE FROM VIOLENCE. OUR PREVENTION PROGRAMS REACHED 5 SCHOOLS, 150 ADULTS, AND OVER 1,200 YOUTH. MOSAIC'S SEXUAL VIOLENCE PREVENTION WORK CENTERS ON OUR GEN Z LEAP (LEADERSHIP AND EMPOWERMENT THROUGH ADULT PARTNERSHIP) PROGRAM. YOUTH KNOW BEST WHAT KINDS OF CHANGES ARE NEEDED IN THEIR COMMUNITIES THIS YEAR, WE HAD EITHER YOUTHS WORK WITH MOSAIC ON PROJECTS RANGING FROM 2-7 MONTHS LONG THAT INCLUDED AN ARRAY OF CREATIVE INITIATIVES. ONE PROJECT ASSESSED STUDENT EXPERIENCES OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND RESPONSE INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH A STUDENT BODY SURVEY. OTHER GEN Z LEAP PARTNERS EDUCATED PEERS AND ADULTS ABOUT HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS AND CONSENT, CREATED A RESOURCE GUIDE FOR STUDENTS, AND ORGANIZED FELLOW YOUTH IN PREVENTION PROJECTS. MOSAIC ALSO COLLABORATED WITH PREVENTION ACTIVISM GROUPS AT THREE LOCAL SCHOOLS: "THE CONVERSATION" CLUBS AT MONTPELIER HIGH SCHOOL AND U-32, AND "LET'S TALK ABOUT IT" CLUB AT HARWOOD. THESE GROUPS WORK TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND BUILD CONSENT CULTURE IN THEIR SCHOOLS.

TAKE BACK THE NIGHT MARCH & SPEAKOUT: 40 FOLKS MARCHED FROM MONTPELIER'S COLLEGE STREET TO THE VERMONT STATEHOUSE, RAISING A CELEBRATORY RUCKUS TO GET OUR COMMUNITY'S ATTENTION. YOUTH AND ADULTS ALIKE SHARED FROM THEIR PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF SURVIVORSHIP AND RESILIENCE, AND PARTICIPANTS CONNECTED WITH ONE ANOTHER WITH COURAGE, DEPTH, AND GENEROSITY. MOSAIC IS BUILDING A CROSS-ORGANIZATIONAL AND INTERGENERATIONAL COMMUNITY TO LEARN AND GROW TOGETHER. IN COLLABORATION WITH THE VERMONT NETWORK, OUTRIGHT VT, AND WHOLEHEART, WE HOSTED FOUR IN-PERSON GATHERINGS FOR YOUTH AND ADULT PREVENTION PARTNERS FROM ACROSS VERMONT. THESE GATHERINGS ARE STEPS TOWARDS OUR VISION OF A LIBERATED FUTURE WHERE ALL PEOPLE CAN LEAD LIVES FREE FROM HARM.