The King County Council, which serves cities such as Seattle, Bellevue, Redmond, and Kirkland, has proposed an 80% slash in the budget for the Coalition of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence is made up of seven organizations: King County Sexual Assault Resource Center , Eastside Domestic Violence , Domestic Abuse Women's Network , YWCA , Refugee Women's Alliance , Harborview Center for Sexual Assault and Traumatic Stress , and the Children's Response Center. The budget cut will most likely shut-down some of these centers, which will have a devastating impact on refugee women and victims of sexual assault and domestic violence in King County. As a survivor of sexual abuse who has utilized the services of the Children's Response Center (CRC) and the King County Sexual Assault Resource Center (SARC), I understand firsthand the positive impact that these services have on our community at large. These programs serve a vital role in our community in both helping individuals become survivors of sexual assault and educating the community about ways we can transform our society into one free of sexual violence. I received individual and group counseling that helped me find my desire to live and move forward with my life. I know 100% that if I had not received support from the CRC and SARC in King County, I would not be living today. Today I am a college student, and I could not be happier. Cutting these programs will be a sure way to ensure that stories like mine will not end pleasantly. Please help save our programs by writing to the King County Council and asking them to re-consider the budget cut to the Coalition of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence. These programs that support sexual assault survivors are absolutely essential. I hope that one day we will not need to provide programs for survivors of abuse because sexual violence will be non-existent but that is not today. Please help the residents of King County!
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Aww, Seattle is my dream city. This can't happen there :'(