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Voices Rising
All humans have four basic desires: to be seen, to be heard, to be held, to be celebrated. In these pages, we see, we hear, and we...
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Jun 33 min read
No Place to Call Home
narrative by RR alumna, age 22; photo of RR residents, 2017 I was put into foster care at the age of 5 because I had abusive parents and...
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Mar 211 min read
Painting through Pain
poetry and paintings by RR alumna, age 21 I could gather every picture we ever captured together or with one another. I could collect all...
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Jul 3, 20236 min read
Trauma - The Ghost that Never Goes
narrative by RR alumna, age 21; image of RR alumna during filming of RR documentary, 2023 Trauma entered my life, beating in at an age...
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May 2, 20232 min read
Reflections on Alcohol
narrative by RR alumna, age 20; photo of RR resident at equine therapy It all starts when I'm a kid at home with my parents. When I was a...
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Mar 24, 20232 min read
She Got in
narrative by RR alumna, age 20; photo of RR survivor at successful discharge 'graduation' ceremony Dear Aveda Admissions Team, I am...
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Mar 13, 20232 min read
You Are More than Enough
narrative by RR alumna, age 20; photo of RR resident at Denver Botanic Gardens, 2019 *trigger warning - suicide Self harm is a very...
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Nov 30, 20223 min read
When the Streets Are Home
narrative by RR alumna, age 20; infographic from survivors group at RR I was in ninth grade when I started getting bullied so I stopped...
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Sep 26, 20222 min read
Open a Door
poem by RR resident, age 16; photo of RR residents at pro bono photo shoot at Red Rocks *trigger warning - suicide I am a person of...
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Aug 18, 202211 min read
Survivors in Recovery
*photo of RR resident on hike; paper by RR founding director Gillian Wood As both chemical dependency and prostitution are behavioral...
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Jul 5, 20221 min read
Her Body Her Choice
*photo of RR resident at Denver Womxn's March, 2019 In a study of sex trafficking victims (2014), 71% of women reported at least one...
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Jul 5, 20222 min read
I See Your True Colors
*photo of RR residents at Denver Pride, 2019; narrative by founder Gillian Wood, 2022 Sexual exploitation is inherently a system of...
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May 26, 202212 min read
DBT for SUD
*artwork by RR resident, age 17yo; paper by RR founding director Gillian Wood Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) has emerged as a gold...
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Mar 11, 20222 min read
Build a World You Believe in
narrative by Founding Director, Gillian Wood, 2018 I have seen what the devil’s playground of humanity does to little girls. I have seen...
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Mar 11, 20223 min read
Through the Eyes of a Child
narrative by RR alumna, age 19yo; photo of MSW residential staff on hike with RR resident, 2018 Being an ex foster youth of seven years,...
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Feb 23, 20223 min read
Mirror Mirror on the Wall
~ poem by RR resident, age 17; photo from Pink concert with RR residents, Denver, 2019 Like a sinking weight on my chest, I feel so...
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