Advocacy, education, and social change to end gender-based violence.

When we build each other up, our communities are stronger.

Survivor-centered

Listen first, act second. Survivors know what is best. They are the experts of their own experiences. Our work is rooted in active listening and empowerment.

 Our values

  • The liberation of people experiencing gender-based violence is directly tied with the liberation of those who experience racism, transphobia, ableism, classism, and all other forms of oppression. We cannot end dating violence, domestic violence, sexual violence, and stalking without coming together with our community to care for one another, illuminate each other’s strengths, and protect each other. Our movement is strongest when we work together.

  • True justice is first and foremost defined by the survivor. We commit to providing services that allow survivors to decide what justice looks like to them and to provide resources that empower that decision. We acknowledge that the criminal legal system does not feel safe or empowering to many survivors and has often caused harm and re-traumatization, particularly among the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color and LGBTQIA+ communities. To this end, we will continue to listen to survivors of varying backgrounds, identities and experiences and use their feedback to help us provide the most comprehensive approach to achieving justice for each service user.

  • As a non-profit, we acknowledge that we have caused harm through our complicity in the non-profit industrial complex and will continue to cause harm if we do not create processes by which to hold ourselves accountable to survivors, especially marginalized survivors, in Addison County. We work to adapt and transform ourselves as individuals, as a non-profit organization, and as part of a collective in the movement to end violence.

  • We believe that safety and equitable access to resources is the bare minimum human right when it comes to supporting survivors and eradicating violence. We wholeheartedly support the notion that all people deserve to feel, express, and embody joy. Our desire for joy is the root of our activism and plays a critical role in our advocacy. Joy precedes, coincides with, and emanates from our work. We emphasize wellness of our community and staff, and support all in their efforts towards self-care and finding and creating joy.

  • All people are entitled to physical, psychological, and emotional safety. What safety means and looks like is defined by each individual on their own terms – survivors are the experts of their own experiences and know what they need to be safe. We commit to empowering each survivor to define what safety looks like for themselves. WomenSafe strives to provide a community-wide prevention based educational program that teaches what it means to be a safe person.

Atria Collective works toward the elimination of physical, sexual, and emotional violence through direct service, education, and social change.

Atria Collective is a nonprofit serving people across the gender spectrum who experience sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

With the collaboration of staff, volunteers, community members, and the Atria Collective Board of Directors, we are able to provide services for folks all throughout Addison County and the town of Rochester. We also act as an active member of the Vermont Network Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, The Addison County Council Against Domestic and Sexual Violence and the Sexual Assault Response Team of Addison County.

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We would not be able to operate without the generous funding of both public and private donors. To contribute, please use the button below, which will take you to a secure PayPal donation form. 

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