COPE Center of Protective Environment

06/13/2026

Some of our finest collaborating in the community 💜

06/13/2026

Thank you 100% Otero! We love our children’s book section 💜

06/13/2026

Come on over, we can’t wait to see you at our table! 💜🩵💜

06/13/2026

06/12/2026

Save the date..

We will be hosting a Virtual Information Session on 6/16 from 12PM - 1PM. RSVP using the link provided and learn how you can advocate for children in foster care. ❤️

06/12/2026

🚨 TRIGGER WARNING: Domestic Violence / System Failure / Trauma

"I DID EVERYTHING THEY TOLD ME TO DO."

I spoke up.

I reported it.

I asked for help.

I got the protective order.
I called the police.
I provided evidence.
I told the truth.

And still...

I was ignored.

One survivor said an officer turned off his body camera and never documented what happened.

Another asked for protection and lost her children instead.

Another spent 18 years surviving abuse only to discover she would have to fight the system too.

Another believed she was going to die.

And another escaped a relationship that moved so fast she didn't realize she was trapped until everything—her money, her freedom, and her sense of safety—was already gone.

That's the part people don't always talk about.

Sometimes finding the courage to speak is only the beginning of the battle.

And sometimes the silence survivors are breaking isn't just about the abuse...

It's about what happened after they asked for help.

Read their full stories:
https://breakthesilencedv.org/?p=20522

If you have a story to tell, share your story:
https://breakthesilencedv.org/?page_id=16824

💔 Have you ever reached out for help and felt like nobody was listening?

06/12/2026

Have a plan in place 🩵

06/12/2026

Save the Date

This October, we gather again in honor, healing, and movement.

CSVANW’s 11th Annual I Will Run for Them 5K returns on Saturday, October 24, 2026, during Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Together, we uplift survivors, celebrate cycle‑breakers, and remember our loved ones taken by violence.

Join us as we dedicate our steps to the resilience and spirit of our Native relatives impacted by domestic violence and MMIR.

More details are coming soon.

06/12/2026

Stop letting them define your worth.

Domestic violence, emotional abuse, and coercive control often leave survivors questioning their value, their voice, and even their identity. When someone repeatedly tells you that you are not enough, it can become easy to believe the lie.

But your worth has never belonged to another person to define.

You are not defined by the harm you endured, the words spoken against you, the mistakes you’ve made, or the circumstances you’ve survived. Your value is inherent. It has always been there—before the relationship, during the struggle, and after the healing begins.

To every survivor who is rebuilding, rediscovering themselves, or simply trying to make it through today: you are worthy of safety, respect, love, and dignity. You do not have to earn your humanity. You do not have to prove your worth.

You have always been enough.

Today, may you choose to see yourself through a lens of compassion rather than criticism, strength rather than shame, and hope rather than fear.