Advocate Safehouse Project hosts a virtual Luna Fest this year as a fundraiser featuring screenings of films made by women and about women.
Allie Reyes said being able to see people who look and sound like you onscreen hits differently when you’re not used to having that kind of representation.
“As a Latin person I think seeing representation on screen always gets me excited,” Reyes, the youth advocate at Advocate Safehouse Project (ASP), said. “I remember hearing my name Alejandra on like a makeup commercial and I screamed, because I have never seen that. So I think, for survivors too, (it’s empowering) to see themselves on screen and hear their story on screen and that they’re not alone.”
Luna Fest Going Virtual
The LUNAFEST GLENWOOD SPRINGS 2021 GOES VIRTUAL!!
Come check out the LUNAFEST Glenwood Springs 2021 on Saturday February 20, 2021 at 7:00 pm from the comfort of your own couch!! Each and every one of you will have the best seat in the house!!
This season’s program of seven selected films will compel discussion, make you laugh, tug at your heartstrings and motivate you to make a difference in your community. Incredibly diverse in style and content, LUNAFEST is united by a common thread of exceptional storytelling - by and about women. Attend LUNAFEST and enjoy great films while supporting an important community cause.
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Why didn’t they leave?
Julie Olson, Executive Director of the Advocate Safehouse Project (ASP), said this is a question she hears frequently from those outside of an abusive relationship looking in. But the moment a survivor decides to leave is actually when they are in the most danger.
“Well, it’s not that simple. This is not a stranger. This is someone where there’s been a pattern and history of tactics to gain power and control of the (survivor),” Olson said.
The Advocate Safehouse Project is a nonprofit serving survivors of domestic or sexual abuse in the Western Slope region. Resources like their 24-hour help line (which can be accessed by two different numbers, 970-945-4439 & 970-285-0209) have been operated remotely since 1987. The organization also began offering bicultural and bilingual resources in 1996 and will serve undocumented immigrants as well.