Critical Funding for Critical Work
The need for prevention work has not changed - individuals with disabilities still experience sexual violence at an alarming rate. But we are seeing devastating cuts at the federal level, including the recent sweeping staff cuts to the Division of Violence Prevention in the CDC, which in turn will impact our funding and ability to carry out significant upcoming prevention work.
In this ongoing epidemic of sexual violence, we cannot stress enough how necessary and powerful our work is. We see it in every classroom, like in a high school Art of Relationships program where the teacher shared:
"Ruby is very quiet and doesn't self-advocate a lot at all, but she came up to me and told me that a student was too close to her, and she told the other student not to do that again. I would attribute that to Upstream Arts."
These moments of practice build lifelong skills. It will take $55,998 to close the gap by June 30, 2025 and fully fund our powerful programs. Contribute $100 today, or any amount meaningful to you, to join the confluence cultivating self expression, self-advocacy, bodily autonomy, and the joy of a creative, connected world.
