Category Archives: Prevention and Outreach

Call for Poets: Embrace Your Voice 2023 Poetry Share

Prevention and Outreach

About the event

Register today to participate in the ninth annual Embrace Your Voice 2023 poetry share. This survivor-centered event is hosted in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month (SAAPM) by Doorways, Friends of Guest House, and the Alexandria Sexual Assault Center.

This year’s poetry share will be a hybrid in-person and virtual event, with attendees and poets participating from the Lee Center in Alexandria or online via Zoom.

Sign up to share your work

To share your work, please register as a poet (in-person or virtual) by April 18th. We will send you a participant consent form and request a copy of your poem(s) to review in advance. We look forward to hearing from you!

Be an Askable Adult, with Ashley Blowe, Siobhan Grayson & Scotney Young

Education, Prevention and Outreach

“There’s this fear — this misunderstanding — that youth should be seen and not heard, and that’s just not a thing anymore.” –Siobhan Grayson

What makes someone “askable”?

Arlington, Virginia has launched an “Askable Adult” program to build adults’ capacity to be nonjudgmental and approachable resources and supports for youth in the county. Program proponents believe that everyone has a role to play in supporting the health and well-being of children and youth in the community.

And on their short list of key skills that make adults more askable? Be a curious co-pilot.

To help us learn what it means to be an Askable Adult, the Choose to Be Curious podcast welcomed three dynamic and devoted Arlington community builders: Ashley Blowe, Training and Prevention Specialist, Department of Human Services; Siobhan Grayson, Youth Outreach Coordinator for the Prevention Unit under the Department of Human Services; and Scotney Young, Prevention and Outreach Manager at Doorways, a domestic and sexual violence response organization.