A Community Response: An Interview with Brigid Collins Family Support Center and Skagit DVSAS

This episode of MoNA Moments was recorded as part of the Creative Response to Trauma: A Community Response Exhibition in the Outside In Education gallery, open from October 12, 2024-January 12, 2025. Curated by Brigid Collins Family Support Center and Skagit Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Services (Skagit DVSAS), the Creative Response to Trauma exhibition is a collaboration between these two organizations as a testament to the powerful process of healing from trauma through a range of creative expressions. In this episode, Heidi Roy (Executive Director of Skagit Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Services) and Jenn Lockwood (Executive Director of Brigid Collins Family Support Center) discuss how their organizations overlap to support survivors in our community and what they hope visitors will take away from the Creative Response to Trauma exhibition. The themes in this exhibition can be difficult to process or might have an intense impact on visitors. Please visit the websites of Brigid Collins Family Support Center ( https://www.brigidcollins.org/) and Skagit Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Services (https://www.skagitdvsas.org/) to find resources should you need support, including SDVSAS’s Get Help page (https://www.skagitdvsas.org/get-help/). The Expression Exchange space at MoNA has more information on resources, advocacy and self-care.