Blog | resiliencerising

Voices Rising

All humans have four basic desires: to be seen, to be heard, to be held, to be celebrated. In these pages, we see, we hear, and we...

Open a Door

poem by RR resident, age 16; photo of RR residents at pro bono photo shoot at Red Rocks *trigger warning - suicide I am a person of...

Survivors in Recovery

*photo of RR resident on hike; paper by RR founding director Gillian Wood As both chemical dependency and prostitution are behavioral...

Her Body Her Choice

*photo of RR resident at Denver Womxn's March, 2019 In a study of sex trafficking victims (2014), 71% of women reported at least one...

I See Your True Colors

*photo of RR residents at Denver Pride, 2019; narrative by founder Gillian Wood, 2022 Sexual exploitation is inherently a system of...

DBT for SUD

*artwork by RR resident, age 17yo; paper by RR founding director Gillian Wood Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) has emerged as a gold...

Build a World You Believe in

I have seen what the devil’s playground of humanity does to little girls. I have seen girls come through my door covered in strangulation...

Social Work through the Eyes of a Child

Being an ex foster youth of seven years, let me say one thing. There are a lot of caseworkers who could do better. That said, let's not...

Mirror Mirror on the Wall

~ written by RR resident at age 17 & performed at open mic event for eating disorder survivors ~ Like a sinking weight on my chest, I...