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Project Name
Intersections: Coming Together at the Crossroads to Better Serve Sexual Assault Survivors with Disabilities
Partners
Moving to End Sexual Assault (M.E.S.A.) 
(http://www.movingtoendsexualassault.org/)
Imagine!
(http://www.imaginecolorado.org/)
Vision
Intersections envisions that sexual assault survivors with disabilities will be met with trauma-informed and disability-aware services. Services will be responsive, seamless, and fully accessible, provided by a network of highly-skilled professionals who are comfortable working with and honoring the choices of people with disabilities who survive sexual assault. Sexual assault survivors with disabilities will feel safe, in control, valued, heard, and respected. Our community will understand the impact and complexities of sexual assault and will share ownership for supporting survivors with disabilities.
Mission
The mission of Intersections is to address and enhance systems for serving sexual assault survivors with disabilities. Through this collaboration, Imagine! and MESA will transform our organizational cultures to be trauma-informed and disability-aware by:
- Formalizing the connections between MESA and Imagine! to open both organizations' systems to each other's resources and knowledge in order to build a seamless and dynamic system of support for sexual assault survivors with disabilities;
- Identifying, developing, and enhancing policies and procedures within both organizations to improve our "response-ability" and accessibility to sexual assault survivors with disabilities to receive timely information, advocacy, and support;
- Increasing the awareness, skills, and comfort level of staff and volunteers at MESA and Imagine! to work directly with sexual assault survivors with disabilities.
Contact Information
Moving to End Sexual Assault (MESA)
Emily Tofte720-406-3633 (v)
Email: emily@movingtoendsexualassault.org
