Dear SNAP Survivors and Allies,

I hope each and everyone of you is doing well.

I’d like to share with you that we have made some major headway in defining Our SNAP Core Values. The heart of our work will continue to be the dedication and compassion that built this community. All of our volunteers and advocates are deeply valued.

As SNAP continues to grow and operate in an increasingly complex environment, our systems and procedures reflect responsibilities that organizations today must address in order to operate safely, legally and sustainably. We have developed Communication Guidelines that will ensure that everyone is treated with dignity and respect.

As many of you will recall, I’ve been meeting with Oracle’s cybersecurity team to help us secure our SNAP systems and data. These experts are based here in the US, Canada, the Philippines and Spain and their skills are being offered to SNAP for free.

SNAP is committed to protecting the dignity, privacy and safety of survivors in every space where our work takes place — including online. Our SNAP Cybersecurity Guidelines are now posted and reflect how SNAP approaches digital communication in ways that uphold survivor trust and responsible advocacy.

Please take a moment to read the guidelines. They will help keep SNAP, and most importantly, the survivors in our community safe. Feel free to reach out to me with any questions or comments.

We’ve also added a new tool in April called Accountability. As you know, several states have conducted in-depth investigations where victims of clergy abuse have worked with States Attorneys to demand justice. SNAP has collected these reports in one place for easy reference.  We hope that this will help advocacy in your own community. This page joins our efforts to document abuse on our Embezzlement Tracker resource to our Bankruptcy Tracker and our Arrest Tracker.

Don’t miss our latest Story of Strength profiling Deanna Hampton, and the fight she has waged to seek justice for her son, Trevor. Deanna says she is committed to keeping the pressure on, striving to make headway in the state legislature and get justice for survivors.

We also continued speaking truth to power demanding changes to bankruptcy laws for greater accountability and stopping the culture of silence surrounding  clerical sexual abuse, which marginalizes survivors and protects abusers and those who choose to shield them.

Want to support SNAP’s work in a sustainable way? Please consider becoming a monthly donor. Your support today ensures we’re here for survivors tomorrow.

Thank you for all you do to support survivors and get justice, Angela