Girstin K Bergquist

05/15/2025

🗓️ SAVE THE DATE! June 5 is our national to demand federal funding for sexual assault and domestic violence services.

Mark Your Calendar. Tell Your Community. Raise Your Voice.

Lives are on the line. Programs are closing. Congress must act.

Join us and raise our collective voice: survivors and communities are counting on it.

📢 A full Day of Action toolkit is coming soon with everything you need to take action with call scripts, social media content, and more!



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05/13/2025

05/12/2025

With , who has been a mentor and trailblazing advocate for domestic violence legislative improvements.

We appreciate you attending and supporting the Surviving to Thriving: Domestic Violence + Mental Health event.
In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, we came together to shine a light on the long-term impacts of trauma on survivors of domestic violence, and you all showed up with such authenticity, vulnerability, and unmatched strength. We raised critical issues such as the unique needs of veteran survivors, the vision for GBV-specific courts, and the necessity of a true Continuum of Care. You helped name the need for unrestricted, flexible financial assistance post-crisis, and reminded us all that healing truly begins when the nervous system feels “safe” enough to start processing long-held trauma.
We also boldly uplifted that healing must include everyone — even those who have caused harm. By naming the cycles of trauma and the humanity of all people involved, you helped us lean into a public health approach grounded in care, not punishment. Hurt people hurt people, but healed people heal people.
Everything about this event was inspiring. You reminded us that thriving is a continuing phase of healing — and that by sharing our stories, we create the conditions for others to thrive too.

05/08/2025

$800 million vs $8.3 billion

We are creating a greater deficit by leaving potential survivors as victims. The numbers tell a story. Too many people go missing, get hurt or worse. 

The cost of intimate partner violence exceeds $8.3 billion per year in the United States.
Survivors of intimate partner violence lose a total of 8.0 million days of paid work each year.
Between 21-60% of survivors of intimate partner violence lose their jobs due to reasons stemming from the abuse.
Up to 50 percent of survivors of intimate partner violence who are employed are harassed at work by their abusive partners.
Between 2003 and 2008, 142 women were murdered in their workplace by their abuser; 78% of women killed in the workplace during this timeframe.
~ Tulane University's Newcomb Institute and the University of California San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy

Services for sexual and domestic violence victims save lives. Crisis lines help people make safety plans. Restraining orders can help keep threats away. Shelters provide a safe place to stay.

Saving survivors' lives isn't wasteful spending.

Call your Member of Congress and demand that the Department of Justice restore the $800 million they just cut from organizations that break cycles of violence.

02/12/2025

01/28/2025

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/politics/white-house-pauses-federal-grants-loan-disbursement/index.html

The White House budget office has ordered a pause on all federal grants and loans, according to an internal memorandum sent Monday.

01/27/2025

Experience of the system and a call to action

01/10/2025

Mi hija, ❤️❤️❤️ my beautiful daughter Alejandra grew up too fast

01/04/2025

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEZM4ywRYMg/?igsh=NjZiM2M3MzIxNA==

10/22/2024

Amazing domestic violence, awareness, month events! Come out and join us support survivors!

10/21/2024

Looking for survivors who want to share there story to raise and awareness. Please comment or message me if interested. or if you know any one that would be willing, tag them or shoot them this video.