MESSAGES FROM KENDRA (resources, personal practices, book recommendations):
email: kmcfinch@gmail.com
The below links and phone numbers are resources for anyone looking for support regarding sexualized violence.
Kamloops Sexual Assault Counselling Centre - 250-372-0179
Kamloops Y Women’s Emergency Shelter - 250-374-6162
TRU Sexualized Violence Prevention and Response Manager (Amber Huva)- 250-828-5023
TRU Wellness Centre - OM 1479
Crisis Line - 250-320-6789 (anonymous)
Victim Link - 1-800-563-0808 (anonymous and multilingual)
Safe Spaces (LGBTQ2S+, 12-26 years of age), Interior Community Services - 250-371-3086
YWCA Stopping the Violence Outreach Services - www.kamloopsy.org/stvoutreach.htm
For further information, visit www.tru.ca/sexual-violence/resources.
I reference this site - contact to find locations for 3rd Party reporting (more specific to Lower Mainland) https://www.wavaw.ca/24-hour-crisis-and-information-line/
A Victim Service Worker, who works for a Community Based Victim Services Program (CBVS) is who you are looking for when you want to make a third party report. More info: http://endingviolence.org/prevention-programs/ccws-program/third-party-reporting-tpr
When third party reporting, you can report from a different location or detachment, and it can be forwarded to the location that is relevant to the incident. https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/justice/criminal-justice/bcs-criminal-justice-system/reporting-a-crime/victim-or-witness-to-crime/third-party-reporting-for-victims-of-sexual-offences
Crime Victim Assistance Program (the program I received subsidized counseling from) this is a very triggering process It is very beneficial to have a support system in place. https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/justice/criminal-justice/bcs-criminal-justice-system/if-you-are-a-victim-of-a-crime/victim-of-crime/cvap-forms
Wolfpack I believe you Video 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XTv4aqhrok&t=3s
TRU sexual violence Policy - This is getting revamped so that it is much easier for survivors to understand! https://www.tru.ca/__shared/assets/Policy_BRD_25-0_Sexual_Violence40359.pdf
Ouu .. maybe not resources but some other things I tried:
- Journalling. First about how I was feeling or my mood that day. Now I do that as well and one thing I am grateful for each day. (Journaling is very personal though and everyone has different things that work best for themselves!)
- I wrote letters to the perpetrator. (Or other people you can't talk to/ don't want to talk to it about yet, or never) . This was another thing that can be quite triggered or re-traumatizing. However. This can be beneficial to get thoughts out of your mind. It can also be empowering as you have control over the letter. You can choose to send it, if you know your perpetrator, or you can burn it, or do WHATEVER you want to do with it. You don't even have to ever finish it!
The Four Agreements, A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by: Don Miguel Ruiz https://www.amazon.ca/Four-Agreements-Practical-Personal-Freedom/dp/1878424319/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3PMNZSF7SZJBA&keywords=four+agreements+by+don+miguel+ruiz&qid=1570033487&sprefix=four+a%2Caps%2C228&sr=8-1