We received this announcement from our wonderful partners Mayyim Hayyim concerning a new collaboration. Check it out!
Journey to Safety has embarked on an exciting new collaboration with Mayyim Hayyim Living Waters Community Mikveh and the Paula Brody & Family Education Center. Mayyim Hayyim has received a grant from the Boston Jewish Community Women's Fund designed to make the mikveh and education center an even more welcoming space for survivors of abuse and other trauma.
As part of this effort, called Embracing Waters, Mayyim Hayyim has invited Journey to Safety staff to run several educational workshops for mikveh guides, providing an overview of domestic abuse and looking more closely at domestic abuse within the Jewish community. These sessions will help guides recognize signs of abuse, feel more comfortable and more confident interacting with abuse survivors and, most importantly, give guides the referral information they need to help connect survivors with Journey to Safety and other domestic abuse service providers.
Moreover, planning for future trainings has already begun, with the ongoing goal of letting people in the community know that Mayyim Hayyim is a tool for spiritual healing available to Jewish survivors of abuse. Future workshops are in the works for the Mayyim Hayyim staff and board, as well as for local clergy and therapists.
For more information, call 781-647-JFCS (5327) or email your questions to us by clicking here.
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