We have had the honor of teaming up with these amazing organizations.
JMTC Theatre combines art and advocacy, partnering with national and international nonprofit organizations
to raise funds and awareness.
Please check out and support these wonderful nonprofits!
Spitting In The Face Of The Devil
Safe Horizon
Safe horizon is the largest non-profit victim services agency in the United States. For 40 years, Safe Horizon has been a source of healing and hope for millions of adults, children and families suffering from the trauma of violence and abuse. With over 50 programs throughout the five boroughs, we strive to ensure that every victim has access to our life-changing services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Last year, we touched the lives of 1 in 34 New Yorkers, including 8,422 children who have suffered sexual or severe physical abuse. These children came through our Child Advocacy Centers and were cared for by our multidisciplinary teams of Safe Horizon specialists, children protection specialists, prosecutors, law enforcement professionals and expert pediatric specialists whose focus was to ensure the safety and healing of each and every child. Safe Horizon's mission is to provide support, prevent violence and promote justice for victims of crime and abuse, their families and communities.
Learn more at safehorizon.org
Manatee Children’s Services:
Dedicated to Breaking the Cycle of Child Abuse
Manatee Children's Services, a non-profit Child Advocacy Center (CAC), has been serving our area's children victimized by abuse and/or neglect for over 39 years. The agency provides a variety of services including our area's only emergency shelter and group homes for child victims of abuse, parenting classes, grandparent and relative caregiver advocacy services, abuse prevention workshops and presentations, forensic medical and interview services and mental health counseling. Manatee Children's Services welcomes community support in promoting our important mission:
"To advocate for and provide the resources, skills, and shelter to alleviate abuse through prevention and intervention for all children and their families."
Prevent Child Abuse California
Is an agency of the Child Abuse Prevention Center with a 35 year history of serving children and families. Our mission is to prevent the abuse and neglect of California's children by building community resources, enhancing public awareness, developing and coordinating prevention programs, and facilitating advocacy activities.
Women's Resource Center
is dedicated to providing the highest quality supportive services, counseling, shelter and education to North San Diego County women, children and men involved in or threatened by domestic violence or sexual assault.
Little Warriors
is a national, charitable organization based in Canada committed to the awareness, prevention and treatment of child sexual abuse. Little Warriors provides: Information about the prevalence and frequency of child sexual abuse and healing and support resources, Treatment through the Be Brave Ranch for children between 8 and 12 who have been sexually abused and a Workshop called Prevent It! that educates adults on how to take action to stop child sexual abuse.
Women's Community House
Founded in 1978 Women's Community House (WCH) in London with a combined total of 67 beds at the Wellington Road and Clarke Road facilities is the largest high security shelter for abused women and their children in Canada. Open 365 days per year around the clock, each year WCH provides emergency and short term shelter, counseling support, and transitional outreach services to roughly 6,000 London and area residents. WCH also owns and operates Second Stage Housing a 25-unit apartment complex that provides Rent-geared-to-income independent living for 49 families each year. Women’s Community House merged with Sexual Assault Centre London and is now known as Anova.
Prevent Child Abuse New Jersey
Prevent Child Abuse-New Jersey is a nonprofit organization working to end child abuse. Our mission is to prevent child abuse in all of its forms, for all of New Jersey’s children. Prevent Child Abuse-New Jersey is the only statewide non-profit dedicated to preventing child abuse in all of its forms, for all of as the New Jersey chapter of Prevent Child Abuse America, the 9th Chapter to be established among a national network. Today, we exist as one of the largest chapters across the country, and have become a recognized leader for prevention work in New Jersey.
The Good Adoptee
Adoption Mosaic
Adoption Mosaic is a BIPOC woman-owned, adoptee-led, mission-driven business. Drawing upon the 30+ years of experience of our founder and CEO, Astrid Castro, we have built a strong community that strives to bring critical thinking and ethical practices to the adoption experience. At Adoption Mosaic we believe everyone deserves a healthy lifelong adoption experience regardless of our position in the adoption constellation. We provide spaces where members of the adoption constellation feel valued, heard, understood, and accepted as a full member of society, of their family, and of their community.
New York Adoptee Rights Coalition
The New York Adoptee Rights Coalition is a New York-based advocacy group working to restore the right of adult adoptees to obtain their original birth certificates without condition or restriction.
‘r kids Family Center
‘r kids Family Center in New Haven CT was founded 25 years ago by Randi Rubin Rodriguez and Sergio Rodriguez. Since then over 7000 children and families have received services which have made a difference in the lives of children residing in foster care. Now, many miraculous stories later,‘r kids and its team of highly skilled, talented, nurturing staff, have guided many parents and their children home. The ‘r kids Raise the Roof Capital Campaign will allow for our facility and programs to reach more children and families impacted by generational trauma, childhood abuse, and neglect. Our 11,000 square foot expansion project will expand our ability to offer state of the art, trauma-informed, wrap-around services to our children, parents, and community members. The new Adoption Center will provide services to assist families through their adoption journeys. Through support home studies, groups for adult adoptees or adopted children’s groups, ‘r kids will be there to make a meaningful difference for our children and their futures.
National Association of Adoptee & Parents
The National Association of Adoptees and Parents (NAAP) is a 501c3 educational organization that is dedicated to enhancing the lives of adoptees by unifying and elevating the voice of all adoptees regardless of where they are in their adoption journey.
Adoptees United
Adoptees United Inc. is a new adoptee-led national organization. AU has been set up to unify adult adoptees, work to build state-level legislative work within partner organizations, work with inter-country adoptee organizations to assist in securing US citizenship rights, and raise money and resources to help with promoting all of their priorities. At the heart of what AU does are three interconnected issues: identity, U.S. citizenship, and equality for all adoptees. They will provide expert resources, advocacy and support to organizations committed to these issues.
You Gotta Believe
Founded in 1995, You Gotta Believe exists to prevent homelessness in former foster youth by connecting them to permanent, loving families. The organization's sole purpose is to find families, prepare them for parenting older youth who have experienced trauma, and support them to ensure the families achieve enduring relationships.
Access Connecticut
Access Connecticut is a grassroots organization of adoptees, birth/first parents, adoptive parents and adoption professionals. Our goal is to restore the right of adult adoptees to access their original birth certificates, a right which all non-adopted citizens have under Connecticut law.
Access Massachusetts
Access Massachusetts is a grassroots effort dedicated to passing legislation that will restore the human right for all adult adopted persons to have access to their original birth certificates (OBC). Members of Access Massachusetts believe that current MA law is discriminatory because it does not allow access to adoptees born between July 17, 1974 and January 1, 2008.
Origins Canada
Origins Canada is a 100% volunteer-run non-profit organization serving people across Canada who have been separated from family members by adoption.
Advocating Legislation for Adoption Reform
ALARM is the only National Adoption Reform Organization calling for the President of the United States to enact an Executive Order for the purpose of restoring a copy of an Original Birth Certificate to every ADOPTED ADULT in America. It would happen “In One Fell Swoop” and leave no Adopted Person behind! While we are in the process of working for an Executive Order, we continue to actively support all States that have bills pending.
Smoker
Safe Horizon
Safe horizon is the largest non-profit victim services agency in the United States. For 40 years, Safe Horizon has been a source of healing and hope for millions of adults, children and families suffering from the trauma of violence and abuse. With over 50 programs throughout the five boroughs, we strive to ensure that every victim has access to our life-changing services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Last year, we touched the lives of 1 in 34 New Yorkers, including 8,422 children who have suffered sexual or severe physical abuse. These children came through our Child Advocacy Centers and were cared for by our multidisciplinary teams of Safe Horizon specialists, children protection specialists, prosecutors, law enforcement professionals and expert pediatric specialists whose focus was to ensure the safety and healing of each and every child. Safe Horizon's mission is to provide support, prevent violence and promote justice for victims of crime and abuse, their families and communities.
Learn more at safehorizon.org
Canadian Lung Association
BREATHING PASSION AND COMPASSION. Our reason for being can really be summed up in one word: Breathe. It’s what unites us. It’s what inspires us. And it’s what keeps our community of physicians, scientists, clinicians, educators, administrators, volunteers and donors so committed— whether it’s searching for cures to lung diseases, teaching kids about the dangers of tobacco, or fighting for clean air. The Lung Association is the leading organization in Canada working to promote lung health and prevent and manage lung disease. We do this by funding vital research, pushing for improved treatments, smarter policies, or supporting patients in managing their health.
American Cancer Society
At the American Cancer Society, we're on a mission to free the world from cancer. Until we do, we'll be funding and conducting research, sharing expert information, supporting patients, and spreading the word about prevention. All so you can live longer — and better. Whether we're working in a community near you or one halfway around the world, our mission remains the same: to save lives. See what we've been up to lately — and get to know the American Cancer Society a little bit better.
Preparation Hex
Little Warriors
is a national, charitable organization based in Canada committed to the awareness, prevention and treatment of child sexual abuse. Little Warriors provides: Information about the prevalence and frequency of child sexual abuse and healing and support resources, Treatment through the Be Brave Ranch for children between 8 and 12 who have been sexually abused and a Workshop called Prevent It! that educates adults on how to take action to stop child sexual abuse.
Sex Ed
Planned Parenthood of New York City, Inc.
For 100 years, Planned Parenthood of New York City (PPNYC) has been a beacon of hope for the thousands of individuals and families who rely on us for essential reproductive health care, innovative educational programs, and effective advocacy. Our mission is to empower individuals to make independent, informed decisions about their sexual and reproductive lives, we provide information and health care, and promote public policies that make those services available to all. Planning is power.
We Call Her Benny
Spence-Chapin Adoption Services’ Granny Program
Spence-Chapin is a licensed and accredited nonprofit organization that has been offering quality adoption services for more than 100 years. Spence-Chapin established The Granny Program in recognition of how critical physical and emotional contact are during a child's early stages of development. The program brings volunteers from the community into children’s institutions to devote time and attention to the same children each day. These little ones quickly begin to thrive thanks to the one-on-one attachment that children living in institutions usually do not experience.
Run to the Roar: A Night of Sonia Sanchez
Global AIDS Alliance
The mission of the Global AIDS Alliance (GAA) is to halt the global AIDS crisis and mitigate its impact on poor countries hardest hit by the pandemic. Founded in 2001 in Washington, D.C., GAA plays a critical role in shaping the AIDS policy debate and catalyzing campaigns to speed the pace of the global response to HIV/AIDS. In just a few years, it has achieved considerable success in increasing funding and influencing AIDS policy—earning a well-deserved reputation for holding decision-makers accountable and encouraging concerned citizens to demand political action. GAA’s primary strength is its steadfast commitment to aggressive, results-based advocacy that seeks to achieve real impact for people impacted by HIV and AIDS, especially by having effectively linked targeted grassroots mobilization with media and public education.
https://changingthepresent.org/collections/global-aids-alliance
Circle
The Betty A. Dodson Foundation
The Betty A. Dodson Foundation is dedicated to creating and disseminating sex information and education materials based on the Betty Dodson method for educational institutions, programs, practitioners, and online communities to prepare individuals to thrive in their future careers and adult lives. We produce dodsonandross.com and related social media to inspire, inform, and accelerate positive change by providing access to our materials and evidence-based strategies that improve learning and engagement of students. We train and certify individuals in the Betty Dodson method and curriculum to bring innovation to education and improve student achievement. We collaborate with researchers, teachers, and curriculum experts to provide evidence to transform learning and educational programs across the globe.
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