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VALOR's past week was full of powerful advocacy! We worked alongside California Partnership to End Domestic Violence, Strong Hearted Native Women's Coalition, Inc., and other state coalitions to call on to support essential funding to prevent sexual assault and release allocated funds that help survivors heal after harm!
Thank you to National Alliance to End Sexual Violence & The National Network to End Domestic Violence for hosting such impactful !

Join VALOR this June in celebrating with our friends, families, coworkers, and communities as we all work together to create a safe and just future.

VALOR and over 30 survivor and gender justice organizations demand accountability from the Department of Justice for its gross mishandling of the Epstein files and its continued failure to protect survivors of sexual violence and human trafficking.⁠

Sexual violence and exploitation are not left vs. right issues. They are human issues. This is about whether justice applies to everyone or protects the powerful from consequences.

Read the letter here ➡️ https://loom.ly/SYA9QNM

VALOR is in DC this week for National Alliance to End Sexual Violence's & The National Network to End Domestic Violence's !

We are demanding that Congress tell the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to immediately publish Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) and expedite the release of congressionally appropriated funds. Survivors can’t wait.

¿Qué pasa cuando transformamos el dolor en esperanza, alegría y poder colectivo?

En este episodio de Conversaciones de Valor, Bamby Salcedo, Directora Ejecutiva de la TransLatina Coalition, comparte, con mucha honestidad y corazón, su camino de la sobrevivencia a la esperanza. Habla sobre vivir sin disculpas, abrir espacio para otras personas trans y construir comunidad desde el amor y la unidad.

Juntas conversan sobre el “sí te acepto, pero…”, el peso del rechazo, la fuerza del amor incondicional y la importancia de imaginar un mundo donde todas las personas puedan vivir plenamente y con dignidad.
➡️ https://loom.ly/7LjCPCc

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What does it look like to transform pain into hope, joy, and collective power?

In this Spanish episode of Valor Conversations, Bamby Salcedo, Executive Director of the TransLatin@ Coalition, shares her journey from survival to hope with honesty, humor, and heart.

Together, we talk about living unapologetically, creating space for trans communities, the “I accept you, but…” that so many families carry, and the power of unconditional love to transform lives and movements.
➡️ https://loom.ly/7LjCPCc

📣 VALOR's 2026 Statewide Conference registration is now open!

Head over to ➡️ https://loom.ly/9dXz9jE for more information and to register for our Rooted and Reimagined conference on August 26-27 in Los Angeles, CA.

Join us as we honor our roots and reimagine the future of preventing and ending sexual violence. Attendance and rooms are limited, so don't miss out!
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📣 ¡La iregistración para la Conferencia Estatal 2026 de VALOR ya está abierta!

Visite ➡️ https://loom.ly/9dXz9jE para más información y para registrarse en nuestra conferencia Desde Nuestras Raíces Reimaginamos Nuestro Futuro los días 26 y 27 de agosto en Los Ángeles, CA.

Únase a nosotros mientras honramos nuestras raíces y reimaginamos el futuro de la prevención y el fin de la violencia sexual. La asistencia y las habitaciones son limitadas, ¡así que no se lo pierda!

Survivors and programs cannot wait any longer for federal funding.

Senator Alex Padilla & Senator Adam Schiff, act now to help ensure these funds are released immediately. Tell the DOJ and HHS to immediately publish NOFOs and expedite the release of congressionally appropriated funds. Survivors can’t wait.

The Assembly agrees with us - it’s time to fund crime victim services!

California needs to fund core shelter, counseling, and other services that victims and survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, child abuse, and human trafficking depend on.

Thank you to Assemblymember Pilar Schiavo for being our fearless champion, and thank you to Speaker Robert Rivas, Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, and Assemblymember James C. Ramos for proposing funding for victim services in the coming year’s budget.

Governor Gavin Newsom, we urge you to do the right thing by joining the Assembly and Senate and include $100 million in the May Revise.

🗣️ Registration for VALOR's Statewide Conference 2026 is opening soon! Keep an eye out so you can join us on August 26-27 in Los Angeles, CA, alongside the 400 other Rooted and Reimagined advocates and activists honoring the movement’s beginnings and looking to the future! ➡️ https://loom.ly/9dXz9jE

🗣️ ¡La registración para la Conferencia Estatal 2026 de VALOR se abrirá pronto! Manténgase atento para que pueda acompañarnos los días 26 y 27 de agosto en Los Ángeles, CA, junto a otros 400 intercesores y activistas de Desde Nuestras Raíces Reimaginamos Nuestro Futuro honrando los inicios del movimiento y mirando hacia el futuro! ➡️ https://loom.ly/ecrNkiU