{"id":37417,"date":"2025-09-25T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esperanzaunited.org\/?p=37417"},"modified":"2025-09-24T14:52:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T19:52:39","slug":"thank-you-survivors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esperanzaunited.org\/en\/thank-you-survivors\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank you, survivors, for climbing Capitol Hill to demand justice"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"37417\" class=\"elementor elementor-37417\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4de38fc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default tf-sticky-section tf-sticky-no\" data-id=\"4de38fc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;tf_sticky&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9407a99\" data-id=\"9407a99\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e9c858 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e9c858\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marina Lacerda, Danielle Bensky, Anouska De Georgiou, Courtney Wild, Haley Robson, Annie Farmer, Teresa Helm, Liz Stein, Jena-Lisa Jones, Lisa Phillips, Jess Michaels \u2014 and every survivor who stood, spoke, or showed up \u2014 thank you.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thank you for speaking up for those who are no longer here, and for saying the words you deserved to hear.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You stepped into the limelight, despite the grief, fear, and discomfort, to demand justice and shed light on your brilliant ideas to prevent what happened to you from ever happening to anyone else.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your strength inspires us. And we gladly join the long line of supporters who stand with you.<\/span><\/p><h4><b>You opened the door.\u00a0<\/b><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To hard conversations.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To overdue accountability.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To collective strength.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To a future where everyone can ask for help.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While that door remains open, we must pour our collective voices into it, so they reach everyone who needs to hear them.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For those who resonate with the stories these brave women shared and are speaking out, or trying to find the words, or just doing their best to make it through the day, all without the flashing cameras and articles:\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h4><b><i>While we may not know your names, know that you are not alone.<\/i><\/b><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You matter. What you went through is real, whether it unfolded in a stranger\u2019s house, in an alley, or in your own home.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We, along with everyone else in that line of solidarity, are here for you. With love, with respect, and with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/esperanzaunited.org\/en\/get-help-now\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">resources <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to support you, wherever you are in your journey.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esperanzaunited.org\/en\/is-this-abuse\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is this abuse? <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are the signs?<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I want to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/esperanzaunited.org\/en\/help-a-friend\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">help a friend<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in an unhealthy relationship. What do I say?<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What do unhealthy relationships look like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/esperanzaunited.org\/en\/youth-resources\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for young people?<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Is there help?<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You are not alone, and support is here when you are ready.<\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline 24-hours a day at <\/span><\/i><b><i>1-800-799-7233, 1-800-787-3224 (TTY)<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or chat with them live at <\/span><\/i><b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehotline.org\/\">TheHotline.org<\/a>.<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Bilingual advocates are available at all times\/<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><b><i>988 <\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">offers 24\/7 judgment-free support for mental health, substance use, and more. Text, call, or chat 988. Access for Deaf\/HoH and Spanish speakers.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marina Lacerda, Danielle Bensky, Anouska De Georgiou, Courtney Wild, Haley Robson, Annie Farmer, Teresa Helm, Liz Stein, Jena-Lisa Jones, Lisa Phillips, Jess Michaels \u2014 and every survivor who stood, spoke, or showed up \u2014 thank you. Thank you for speaking up for those who are no longer here, and for saying [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":37422,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[34,38],"class_list":["post-37417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-free","tag-public-policy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esperanzaunited.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esperanzaunited.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esperanzaunited.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esperanzaunited.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esperanzaunited.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37417"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/esperanzaunited.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37439,"href":"https:\/\/esperanzaunited.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37417\/revisions\/37439"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esperanzaunited.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esperanzaunited.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esperanzaunited.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esperanzaunited.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}