Affirming Heart Victim Services

06/09/2026

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05/28/2026

Please join us in Hobbs this Jue! Let's work together to keep our kids safe!

05/19/2026

BREAKING NEWS! The TAKE IT DOWN ACT is now in effect. That means platforms such as websites and apps have 48 hours to remove intimate images shared without your consent after you report them, and they’re required to continually remove duplicates by federal law. The law applies to images and videos, real and fake, including AI-generated or “deepfake” content.

If a platform does not follow the law, you have the right to report them to the FTC, the government agency responsible for enforcing this law, at TAKEITDOWN.ftc.gov.

This is a major win for survivors and one step forward in combatting image-based sexual abuse. If you have struggled in the wake of this abuse, know that you are not alone and you deserve an expedient response when you report harm.

Platforms must do more to not only respond to this abuse, but to prevent these images from being created and spreading, shifting the onus of responsibility from survivors to perpetrators and the tech companies that facilitate this abuse.

05/18/2026

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/baCI9FdhQkqzU17dRUmgBg #/registration

05/16/2026

Thank you ... again ConocoPhillips! Your support of the Foundry Home means so much to us 🥰

05/16/2026

Congrats to Yvonne Williams. Our newest Rise Up Counseling hire! We're happy to have you on board 💗

05/14/2026

Please join us for our 2nd edition of the Ocotillo Trail Endurance Challenge! Come out and run or walk for 1 hour, 4 hours, or 8 hours on our very own Ocotillo Trail - right in town! See you this November. All of our proceeds will be donated to Affirming Heart Victim Services in Carlsbad!

05/13/2026

Consent must be informed, enthusiastic, and ongoing. Consent must be freely given, reversible at any time, and based on full awareness.

Anything less is not consent.

Consent is not the absence of a “no.” It is the presence of a clear, voluntary, and informed “yes.”

Consent cannot exist when someone is unconscious, asleep, drugged, or intoxicated beyond the ability to make decisions.

Consent also cannot exist when someone is coerced, manipulated, or pressured.

A person who is unconscious or incapacitated cannot consent.

Sexual activity under these conditions is sexual assault. There is no gray area.

There are no exceptions based on relationship status, prior sexual history, or assumptions about intent.

Survivors deserve support, not skepticism.

Survivors deserve to be believed, to be treated with dignity and respect, and to have access to confidential, trauma-informed services.

Everyone has a role in creating safer communities.

05/11/2026

Thank you ConocoPhillips for supporting AHVS in providing victim centered services to our community. We really appreciate your donation!

04/30/2026