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S*x tr@fficking is complex, but together we can make a real impact. At The Foundation United, we address the root causes through education and prevention programs like SPEAK UP, The Cool Aunt Series, and REAL TALK. These initiatives equip communities, caregivers, and students to stay informed and take action against exploitation. Whether you’re raising awareness, supporting survivors, or bringing these programs to your community, you can be part of the solution. Visit our Get Involved page to learn more and take action today. 🔗 Visit our website. Together, we can end tr@fficking.

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📣 Check out our Summer Newsletter! Learn more about RRC's key partnerships, Prevention Resource Center, staff spotlight, and 21st Annual Power of Prevention event. Dive in and share your thoughts! 📰 🔗 Read and subscribe here: https://lnkd.in/gBFPWi82 #RecoveryResourceCouncil #NonprofitNewsletter

Over 200 food pantry leaders from across our city provided their expert input on how state policies can fight food insecurity among New Yorkers who are grappling with the high cost of living. In partnership with Food Bank For New York City and United Way of New York City, our city’s three largest anti-hunger organizations, we identified three ways that State policies can help create food secure futures:      1. Get more food to people who need it by investing in the emergency food system and expanding SNAP benefits and eligibility  2. Make childcare affordable to help alleviate a key factor in higher food insecurity rates for families  3. Improve housing stability to protect New Yorkers who are rent-burdened and 3X as likely to experience food insecurity We recently sent these policy priorities in a letter to Governor Hochul. Join us and stay updated on our advocacy campaign: https://p2a.co/4o8awR9

Issue Three is up and ready to devour. So much to digest and causes to support locally. https://lnkd.in/ebzpJ9uu Support Local

REMINDER! VOTE TODAY and every day through June 17th! A couple notes: 1) After you select CWS, scroll down to enter your email, then press the Enter button. Your vote isn’t counted until you submit your email (to ensure only one vote per day), and 2) Be sure to refresh the webpage to vote again the next day if you leave the page open in your web browser. Vote for CWS at https://lnkd.in/gTQ-EJ99 With your help, we can provide survivors with security camera doorbells to increase their safety at home, reduce the effects of trauma, and help them move forward with their lives. Advantis Credit Union is giving away grants to organizations that make a difference in Oregon, and you can help us secure a grant by voting daily from June 3rd to June 17th. It’s easy to vote and only takes a moment. Your support means so much! Vote for CWS at https://lnkd.in/gTQ-EJ99 #SupportSurvivors #ClackamasCounty #PortlandOregon #Oregon #cwsor

So many easy ways to take action and end hunger now. Check out the link below to learn more.

Food pantries may distribute food, but their true purpose goes far beyond that—they exist for people. The greatest asset in any food pantry isn’t the food on the shelves, but the people who give their time, energy, and love to serve others. It’s through investing in these individuals—whether they are volunteers or those in need—that real transformation happens. When we pour into people, we build more than just sustenance; we build hope, trust, and a sense of community. The food may fill stomachs, but it’s the people who uplift spirits and change lives. By empowering those who serve and those who are served, we create a ripple effect of transformation that reaches far beyond a single meal. The true investment is in the human soul, and through that, we transform lives, one person at a time.

The British philosopher John Gray wrote, “We are who we are because of the places in which we grow up, the accents and friends we acquire by chance, the burdens we have not chosen but somehow learn to cope with. Real communities are always local-places in which people have put down roots and are willing to put up with the burdens of living together..." Places, roots, accents, friends, loyalties, caring, burdens & responsibilities. An authentic & organic community is held together by a set of first principles or virtues and values just like a built structure is supported by a firm foundation, by brick and mortar, stone & concrete, by sets of columns & beams etc. In the case of the physical structure, remove the supports and the structure will come tumbling down, collapsing under its own weight into a pile of rubble. The same is true of organic communities which are also like structures, built with effort, care, love and compassion over long spans of time, held in place by the firm supports of human values and the glue of human relationships. Without love, caring and compassion, without commitment, without the willingness to shoulder duties & responsibilities, local communities cannot survive, cannot thrive. Keep up the good work.