The Phoenix Center at Anschutz

10/10/2020

Join us for our first watch party by following this zoom link on October 15th! https://ucdenver.zoom.us/j/97486111130

10/06/2020

October is Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)/Domestic Violence (DV) awareness month. Some things to remember: Abuse is power and control. The person who is trying to take power will do everything to make you doubt yourself in the toxic environment. Trust your instincts! And if you need help, contact the Phoenix Center's 24/7 confidential helpline. ❤️

10/01/2020

Check out our instagram for updates about a monthly watch party and discussion we are starting. Time and title of first production will be coming soon.

09/20/2020

Shout out to Self-Care Is For Everyone for this reminder to treat ourselves kindly and their September campaign to support organizations promoting and .

What are some new ways you've found to show yourself love in these unique times?

08/06/2020

Click the link below to read how one doctor is battling sexism in health care.

A paper was published late 2019 citing how female doctors shouldn't post pictures of themselves in bikinis on their personal social media pages, because they look unprofessional.

Dr. Candice Myhre shared a photo of herself saving someone's life while wearing a bikini to highlight "disgraceful" sexism in medicine.

08/02/2020

Isolation from COVID has increase domestic violence calls. Please reach out if you or a loved one need extra help during this time. Phoenix Center 24/7 Hotline: 303-556-CALL (2255)

Gina Vucci, author, and women’s human rights activist, based in the U.S., takes a look at the escalating danger of domestic violence – a parallel pandemic taking place behind closed doors.Read More

06/29/2020

A safety plan can help a survivor of interpersonal violence find where they would feel safest, people who can help, and what precautions to take.

Items to be included in a safety plan are different for everyone, depending on one's needs, ranging from emotional wellness to securing medication, or even insurance.

If you are looking to write up a safety plan, these two websites below might serve as great resources. And you do not have to do this alone! Please call us (303-556-2255) or schedule an appointment using the contact form.

https://www.dashdc.org/what-it-takes/
https://www.moneygeek.com/financial-planning/resources/financial-help-women-abusive-relationships/

PCA contact form: https://cm.maxient.com/reportingform.php?UnivofColoradoDenver&layout_id=28&fbclid=IwAR1ukQGJCnXNGz0sova8_fa-kcAZM6cyuGGbLF5Vvgjfgym3krQ9JPW2-lA

06/22/2020

Start your week with the Pheonix Cast- a podcast designed to provide interpersonal violence prevention education, discuss pop culture, and unpack things that made us think “wow, there’s a lot to unpack there.”

The Phoenix Center at Auraria April 30, 2020 Episode 2: Misogyny and the Villainization of Carole Baskin The Phoenix Center at Auraria April 30, 2020 Podcast host and Prevention Education Extraordinaire Em Alves takes on Tiger King alongside PCA interns (Racheal, Naomi, and Jenae) in episode 2 of Th...

06/15/2020

Today we celebrate the Pride month and the Black Pride Movement. The PCA strives to establish safe spaces for black LGBTQ+ victims and affirming them for who they are. Do not hesitate to reach out to us.

PCA contact form: https://cm.maxient.com/reportingform.php?UnivofColoradoDenver&layout_id=28&fbclid=IwAR3kC9RTrFEPTRn0a1SPqB3xCPJRnkB9rKkFUSNljNI1hFYEOzPW4MSwXn4
24/7 Crisis Helpline: 303-556-2255

See: https://www.hrc.org/resources/black-and-african-american-lgbtq-youth-report

06/08/2020

In his essay “Joy is Such a Human Madness”, the writer Ross Gay offers us an insight into revisiting sorrow with a sense of partnership and mutual support. Let us come together at the PCA in such spirit.

“It astonishes me sometimes—no, often—how every person I get to know—everyone, regardless of everything, by which I mean everything—lives with some profound personal sorrow. Brother addicted. Mother murdered. Dad died in surgery. Rejected by their family. Cancer came back. Evicted. Fetus not okay. Everyone, regardless, always, of everything. Not to mention the existential sorrow we all might be afflicted with, which is that we, and what we love, will soon be annihilated. Which sounds more dramatic than it might. Let me just say dead. Is this, sorrow, of which our impending being no more might be the foundation, the great wilderness?
Is this sorrow the true wild?
And if it is –and if we join them—your wild to mine—what’s that?
For joining too, is a kind of annihilation.
What if we joined our sorrows, I’m saying.
I am saying: What if that is joy?”

Gay, R. (2019). The Book of Delights: Essays. United States: Algonquin Books.

PCA Contact Form: https://cm.maxient.com/reportingform.php?UnivofColoradoDenver&layout_id=28&fbclid=IwAR0WCE0iqrDC3iSeL__BzGzg2PHcroijJerbrlydJNPPOAL737zncuZoixo

24/7 Crisis Helpline: 303-556-2255