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Devotional speaker shares survivor testimony on gender-based violence; House recognizes local "Safety Team" and its therapeutic self-defense program
Summary
Cassandra Grigware of Burlington's Safety Team delivered the devotional to the Vermont House on April 15, 2025, describing her experiences with sexual assault and domestic violence and urging action to address gender-based violence.
Cassandra Grigware, a member of the Safety Team in Burlington, delivered the House devotional on April 15, 2025, describing past experiences of sexual and domestic violence and urging the chamber and wider community to "transform silence into language and action," echoing Audre Lorde's essay she read from.
Grigware recounted surviving sexual assault by someone she described as a college acquaintance and domestic violence by a former intimate partner. She discussed the neurobiological response to trauma, including tonic…
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