Sexual Assault Centre of Brant

There are events planned across Canada today, opposing the teaching of 2SLGBTQIA+ content in schools. 

SAC Brant whole-heartedly believes in the right to a complete and fulsome education for all students and this includes teaching content that is accurate and representative of 2SLGBTQIA+ experiences.

Trans people exist! Q***r people exist! We always have and we always will, and we deserve to feel safe and seen in all community spaces.

An update on how SAC Brant is doing Take Back the Night this year:

We’re inviting you to share a photo of yourself on the trail wearing your orange shirt in honour of Orange Shirt Day, and the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. Tag us in your photos and we’ll share them!

We’re also going to join our dear friends as they host their first Take Back the Night Event on Thursday, September 21st, see the post for details.

Apply to our upcoming Crisis and Support Worker Training! This training covers topics related to sexual and gendered violence response, and will be taking place on Monday and Wednesday evenings from the end of September to early November. Once you’ve completed this training you are eligible to work on our crisis and support team! To apply visit our website and complete the ‘volunteer’ application. Questions? Email [email protected]

SAC Brant is looking for a Youth Sexual Violence Counsellor & Advocate. Come and join our passionate and dedicated team in supporting community members who have been impacted by sexual violence. To learn more about the position, and to apply, please search the role on indeed.ca.

Lynnsie’s Run is Cancelled...

We have made the tough decision to cancel Lynnsie’s run this year. SAC Brant is run by a small team, and while many non-profit organizations have someone in a dedicated fundraising role, we do not. Our fundraising efforts fall on the shoulders of a volunteer board of directors and on staff members who are already working full time as counsellors, and community builders, and we are tired.

SAC Brant saw a 500% increase in service requests over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, and we have worked above and beyond our maximum capacity for the last three years to support our community.

We’re going to take a moment to catch our breath, and we’ll have more information in the coming months about the future of Lynnsie’s Run.

We really appreciate everyone who has been out training and collecting donations for this year’s event, and we hope you’ll consider leaving your donation with us. We rely heavily on your donations, and with them we’ve been able to offer free counselling, community education and a 24-hour crisis and support line for almost 30 years!

If you have any questions about our decision to cancel Lynnsie’s Run 2023, please be in touch with [email protected].

Hello folks!

With our fundraiser date slowly approaching we wanted to share a
helpful step by step guide on how to register for the upcoming “Lynnsie’s Run: SAC 30th Birthday Edition”

Support us by:
🤝 collecting donations/donating yourself
🤫 Participating in the silent auction
🏃‍♀️ Running 5k or 10k
🚶‍♀️ walking, rolling & strolling
🕺 participating in free movement
🎯enjoying other activities & games

If you have any questions please feel free to DM us or email: renu@sacbrant.

Hi folks!

In honor of April being Sikh Heritage month SAC Brant would like to invite you all to a presentation by where they will speak about their organization, the Sikh religion and its main principles.

🗓️ Tuesday, April 25th, 2023
⏰ 3:00pm-4:00pm
💻 VIA Zoom ID: 836 7662 7635

As our community grows and becomes more diverse we encourage you all to seize the opportunity to learn and promote understanding between communities!

DM us or email [email protected] for more questions!

Come see us at our booth next Sunday! Message us with any questions or for more info 😊

Hi folks!

SAC Brant will be closed from Friday April 7th-Monday April 10th.

However our crisis and support line will remain open 24/7, you can contact us at: 519-751-3471

📣WE ARE BACk 📣

Lynnsie’s Run: SAC’s 30th birthday Edition 🥳 🎈

🗓️ Sunday, May 28th, 2023
⏰ Registration @8:30am
📍 Waterworks Park, 400
Grand River Ave, Brantford

After a long break because of Covid we are so excited to be hosting this community fundraiser as a chance for all of us to gather together, connect celebrate and fundraise for all the amazing work our centre does!

Support us by:
🤝 collecting donations/donating yourself
🤫 Participating in the silent auction
🏃‍♀️ Running 5k or 10k
🚶‍♀️ walking, rolling & strolling
🕺 participating in free movement
🎯enjoying other activities & games

If you have any questions please feel free to DM us or email: renu@sacbrant.

We are very excited to introduce our newest addition to the SAC Brant staff team! You might recognize them; Mabe is also part of our amazing crisis line team. Mabe is joining our staff as a placement student, training to become an Expressive Arts Therapist!

Expressive Arts Therapy…

Is intermodal meaning all the modalities of the senses may be involved and all the artistic disciplines can be drawn upon - music, dance, drama, visual art, writing, play, movement, vocal expression, sound-making, etc.

Is for everyone and anyone, you do not have to be an artist or have any artistic ability

Is a way of using the arts to help with a variety of challenges

Can be applied to a broad range of settings and contexts with a variety of people

Can assist with challenges related to traumas, relationships, and/or transitions

Assumes everyone has the capacity to respond creatively to situations

Encourages imagination

Can assist to find resources we did not know we had

Can find possible solutions that were previously hidden from us

Is an activity that involves the senses and emotions

Allows us to actively engage in artistic practices that give us a bodily and emotional relationship to what we are going through

Sets challenges within the arts that people can meet so that people can gain a sense of the abilities they have that can be used to solve their problems in daily life

Sensitizes people to the materials they are using and helps them to engage creatively in whatever medium they choose

Emphasizes on collaboration

Stay tuned for some fun expressive art programs coming your way!

Do better. Age, health condition, and the fact that the girl was ‘unrelated’ are NOT AN EXCUSE TO ASSAULT SOMEONE. There is no excuse for sexual violence and the language we use to talk about it matters. Our friends at worked hard to create a resource to help folks in media to use the right words. We encourage the Brantford Expositor to check it out.

ONLY ONE MORE DAY!!!! Thank you so much to everyone who has supported SacBrant 💕

Orders can still be placed using the Google Form link below until the end of the day tomorrow. ❄️
• Tier One $5: 3-pack of stickers
• Tier Two $25: “I Deserve Joy” tote bag
• Tier Three $50: Tote bag + 7-pack of stickers
• Tier Four $100: Tote bag + 8oz Winter Forest candle, Christmas Orange Pekoe tea, polymer clay pin
Questions, concerns, accessibility needs? Email Taylor at [email protected]!!
LINK HERE: https://forms.gle/AzMbyhauNCHwPNer8

It's "Giving Tuesday" and we'd love your support :)
Check out our November Fundraiser, there are only 2 days left to order!

OUR NOVEMBER 2022 FUNDRAISER IS LIVE!

Looking for a festive gift for the rad feminists in your life//looking to support our Centre?! Look no further 😇

Orders can be placed using the Google Form link in our bio from November 16-November 30 ❄️
Thanks to some fabulous artists and makers in our community, we have 4 tiers of packages you can order.

• Tier One $5: 3-pack of stickers
• Tier Two $25: “I Deserve Joy” tote bag
• Tier Three $50: Tote bag + 7-pack of stickers
• Tier Four $100: Tote bag + 8oz Winter Forest candle, Christmas Orange Pekoe tea, polymer clay pin

Questions, concerns, accessibility needs? Email Taylor at [email protected]!!

LINK HERE: https://forms.gle/AzMbyhauNCHwPNer8

Help us name the campaign!! Do you have a fun, smart, important name for our ? Add your ideas to the comments, and we will pick the best one!

Donate to our and support the work of SacBrant!

For information on how to donate, visit: http://sacbrant.ca

Last year, we provided 2,213 hours of crisis support to people in our community. When you support SacBrant, you are making sure people who have experienced sexual violence have 24/7 support. Thank you!!

For information on how you can donate, visit: http://sacbrant.ca/donate

We're running a donation campaign this month! Please support us any way you can.

For information on how you can donate, visit: http://sacbrant.ca/donate (link in bio)

We're running a donation campaign this month! Please support us any way you can.

For information on how you can donate, visit: http://sacbrant.ca/donate

*** Content warning for indigenous readers***
We want to acknowledge that indigenous communities already have this information and may find it triggering to read.

Please use our hotline for support if you need 519-751-3471
OR
these following indigenous based organizations:
- The First Nations and Inuit Hope for Wellness Help Line:
1 855 242-3310
- Ganohkwasra: 519-455-4324

Please refer to this link for more options of crisis support from indigenous based organizations Canada wide: https://canadianequality.ca/indigenous-crisis-support/

Today is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

At SAC Brant we want to bring focus and pay respect to those who are no longer with us and those who continue to survive and heal from the horrific tragedies of residential schools and ongoing colonial practices.

We MUST acknowledge the truth of our history and the continued ongoing violence against Indigenous communities. We MUST stand in solidarity in the fight for justice and healing for Indigenous communities who have suffered long and hard to be heard and seen.

We encourage all folks to reflect on their relationship with this land.
Do you know who it belongs to? Do you know how it was taken? Do you know how the land continues to be exploited? Do you know how many indigenous bodies are still missing and murdered? Do you know the benefits you get from a country and systems that was built on genocide?

There is no reconciliation until we get to the root of how it all started and make honest reflections about what part we play in this fight for justice.

what a beautiful night 🌗
thank you to all of the beautiful folks who turned up for 2022’s iteration of Take Back the Night in Brantford. We’re still floating on the awesome energy of love, collaboration, and kindness. Love your community, land back, take back the night ✨

After a 2 year hiatus, TAKE BACK THE NIGHT (TBTN) is back on September 15, 2022 from 7pm-9pm(ish). This year we’ll be gathering for a community trail walk, and will be meeting to commence our walk/wheel/stroll in the parking lot on the corner of Church St & Grand River Ave.

This year we will be using TBTN as a space to talk about decolonial futures, and Indigenous land sovereignty, and to collectively engage in what it means to imagine a community free from sexual and gender-based violence.

We cannot wait to finally gather again, in rage & radical imagination! Bring light, lanterns, signs, noise makers, and all your pals 😎

What’s Take Back the Night (TBTN)?
TBTN is a worldwide demonstration against gendered and sexual violence in our communities. Schemed up in the 1970s, each year folks gather together and rally in an effort to assert the need for a safer collective experience in the streets of our cities. 🐢🌲✨

If you weren’t able to come out to our Take Back the Night Pre-event, stay tuned for details of the main event. The Sexual Assault Centre of Brant’s Take Back the Trails will be Thursday September 15th. Time and location to come. Check out this article that covered some highlights of the pre-event!

https://www.brantbeacon.ca/creating-crafts-and-conversation-before-take-back-the-night-event/

Creating crafts and conversation before Take Back the Night event | BrantBeacon Creating crafts and conversation before Take Back the Night event Local NewsCreating crafts and conversation before Take Back the Night event Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp 35 Participants pose for a photo during the Crafts and Conversations event on Wednesday, August 31. By Freddie Hawse Septe...

Want to learn more about Take Back the Night? Want to gather with community to make posters and lanterns for the event? Join us for an evening of crafts and conversation on August 31st at 7pm in the yard at the Centre at 134 King George Road! Questions or accessibility needs? Email Taylor at [email protected]!

“Please join us at the pre-TBTN event for crafts, lantern and poster making, and more! We hope to bring folks out to have an open conversation about what this event means, the impacts of gender-based violence in our community, and to foster a spirit of community care and anti-gender-based violence activism!”
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SAVE THE DATE!

After a 2 year hiatus, TAKE BACK THE NIGHT (TBTN) is back on September 15, 2022 from 7pm-9pm(ish). More details to come!

TBTN is a worldwide demonstration against gendered and sexual violence in our communities. Schemed up in the 1970s, each year folks gather together and rally in an effort to assert the need for a safer collective experience in the streets of our cities. We hope to see you there & keep a lookout for more details about this year’s event 🐢🌲✨