Project Envision’s mission is:
Project Envision is a collaborative of individuals, families, local businesses, and social service agencies aiming to identify and address community specific needs surrounding sexual violence and other forms of oppression. We seek to engage community members in healthy dialogues to explore the social norms that perpetuate violence. By normalizing conversations surr
ounding sexual violence, and the intersections of all other forms of oppression, we hope to be empowered as a community towards sustainable social change. We envision a world that takes collective responsibility for ending all violence and oppression. Our coalition has a history of working with community-based organizations and community members of a diverse background. We believe that collaboration and partnership are key components of facilitating change in our communities. The purpose of this page is to provide a space for all people to share experiences, articles, events and resources that engage us in challenging detrimental social norms in our day to day lives. We post and communicate on this page with a trauma-informed, anti-oppression lens, centering intersectionality and the experiences of survivors of sexual violence. We must also understand that we are not all white, able-bodied, cisgender, documented, heterosexual, stably housed or other privileged identities in this group. We work to acknowledge the impact of institutionalized oppression on survivorship, as well as how this impacts our interpersonal interactions.
2. TRIGGER WARNING: We often post material that calls out various forms of oppression in our communities and around the world. In particular, our material can contain survivor’s stories that may or not include incidences of violence and trauma. We believe that it is important to give voice to survivors as a means of bringing our pain into the light. We believe that doing so is a step towards removing the shame often associated with declaring our truths.
3. We refrain from placing value judgments on the lives and behaviors of people, which might include slut-shaming, victim-blaming or judgment around substance use.
4. We understand that people in this space may identify as many genders, as gender-variant, as non-binary, or as genderqueer. We will not engage in essentializing behavior or cis-sexism. If you are unsure of someone’s gender pronouns, refer to them by their name. Do not assume we all identify as “women, ladies, or girls.”
5. Try to work towards assuming other peoples’ best intentions.
6. Try to work towards building community around shared experiences and being an ally to others with different lived experiences.
7. If someone has said or done something that feels harmful or damaging, engage in healthy discourse without attacking someone’s personhood.
8. Posts may be deleted if they pose a threat or harm to other members of the group or readers in general, which will be determined by the group’s Facebook administrators with an anti-oppression lens. This can include threatening or violent language, inappropriate references or inappropriate photos. People shall not engage in behavior that is threatening to members of the group through language, generalizations, or attacks on identity or personhood. Such posts will be removed by the Facebook administrators.
9. Posts that call out oppression or pose disagreement are not considered harmful or unsafe, and can promote healthy discourse. Hard conversations are a part of this work. We all work towards embracing the discomfort from a place of empathy and healing.
10. Moderators can be messaged if you have any questions, concerns, comments or would like mediation resources.
11. This is a space for community-based learning and growth. Feel free to ask for clarification if there are things you don’t understand.
12. This is a living document, and is subject to change with our collaborative growth.
