Thank you to all who joined us at this year's DVAM Community Vigil and Red Sand Project Action. Thank you for your support! | | |
Spotlight on Project SAGE
IRL Learning to Stay Safe Online
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As part of Project SAGE’s Year of Digital Safety, the Prevention Education team has been busy spreading the word about how to stay safer online. The key: leaning into IRL (“in real life”) relationships and assembling a trusted team for support before problems arise. This is especially important for teenagers, who are more likely than any other age group to suffer from digital abuse, including cyberbullying, digital harassment and stalking, and nonconsensual image sharing (sometimes referred to as “revenge porn”).
Parents – do you want to learn more about how you can help keep your kids safer online? Check out the resources below and then Join Project SAGE at 7pm on Thursday, November 20, at the David M. Hunt Library for the free workshop Digital Safety for Youth: What Parents Should Be Talking About. Details and registration here.
| | Be Part of Our 2026 Annual Guide! | | |
Reimagined as a true community resource connecting readers with both essential information and local inspiration.
The 2026 Guide will feature:
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Domestic Violence Awareness & Resources — empowering our community to help prevent violence.
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Community Highlights — local gems, destinations, and experiences worth exploring.
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Trade Secrets Features — a peek behind the scenes of our premier rare plants and garden antiques event.
Available early in the new year and distributed throughout 2026, the guide will reach over 5,000 locals, visitors, design lovers, and garden enthusiasts who turn to it all year long, a meaningful way to support Project SAGE while keeping your business front and center in homes and hands across the region. Get all the details and learn more!
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Round UP at The White Hart
Every October during Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Project SAGE unites with advocates, sister agencies, and coalitions across the country to raise awareness and uplift efforts towards our common goal of ending domestic violence. This year we are partnering with The White Hart. Thank you to The White Hart for featuring us as the Round Up for October!
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Project SAGE Is Hiring!
Development Manager - Full/Time
Family and Child Advocate - Full/Time
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Monthly Volunteer Meeting
Tuesday, November 11 | 3-4 PM
Project SAGE, 13A Porter Street, Lakeville, CT
Our monthly volunteer meetings are on the 2nd Tuesday of the month except for July, August, and December.
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Digital Safety for Youth: What Parents Should Be Talking About
Thursday, November 20 | 7-8:30 PM
Hunt Library, 63 Main StreetCanaan, CT
Stranger danger is nothing new – but online gaming and social media have brought strangers into the home in the guise of peers and friends. This interactive, 90-minute workshop provides a foundation for talking with youth about online safety. This program is free and open to the public.
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ARTICLE: Spotlight on Shelter: A Day at SafeHouse
What does a typical day at a domestic violence shelter look like? Shelter life is unpredictable but built on care. Every day brings crises, laughter and community, and staff “make it happen” no matter what arises.
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PODCAST: The War We Owe Them Interview with PACT CEO Lori Cohen
The Detectives Podcast is a show hosted by two active detectives who are going beyond sensationalized true crime and pulling back the curtain on investigative work. In this episode, they discuss what trafficking does and does not look like, how parents can protect their children as they navigate online spaces, ongoing advocacy for legislation that creates a safer Internet, and more.
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Tech-related Resources
A Special Roundup for the Year of Digital Safety
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GUIDE: Safety Net Project
Technology is evolving quickly, and artificial intelligence (AI) tools are becoming part of more and more everyday experiences. While AI does have the potential to save time and expand access to resources, these same tools can also introduce serious safety, privacy, and trust risks. This guide was created to support you in making informed, confident choices about if or how you use AI, on your own terms.
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ARTICLE: Reducing the Risk of Image Nudification
In the age of advanced image-editing tools and artificial intelligence, image nudification has become a serious and impactful problem. “Nudification” refers to the digital manipulation of images to make a person in it appear nude when they were not. This post explains what nudification is, how it typically works at a basic level, and why it can be so damaging.
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REPORT: What We’ve Learned About the Online Lives of Boys Who Are Embracing Positive Masculinity
As part of an ongoing mission to support boys’ well-being, Next Gen Men decided to take on a research project designed to better understand their feelings, stresses and needs. What they uncovered was a surprising distance between their beliefs and attitudes about toxic and positive masculinity, and their lived experiences—particularly online. The vast majority of the boys in the survey privately challenged traditional pressures of masculinity like toughness, dominance or hypersexuality. Those same boys, however, consistently perpetuated or witnessed those harmful norms in their online lives.
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FREE COURSE: Become a Child Safety Champion
Every day, children navigate an increasingly complex digital world. 58% of minors report having a harmful online experience, and 36% of minors report being offered something in exchange for sexual imagery. Thorn has created a free six-week course for parents, educators, and other caregivers to recognize warning signs of grooming and sextortion, navigate conversations about digital boundaries, and support children who may have been targeted.
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Become a Main Street Partner
Main Street Partners (MSP) is our signature initiative to engage the business community in our efforts to eliminate domestic violence in our communities. Launched in 2018, over 130 local businesses display our materials. In return, participating businesses are featured on our agency website and are eligible for a free one-hour training on the relationship between domestic violence and healthy business.
Contact Linda Ciano, Director of Community Engagement, at LindaC@Project-SAGE.org for further information. Learn more about partnerships here.
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Are You A Current Project Sage Volunteer?
Remember to record your volunteer hours here.
Not a volunteer but thinking of becoming one?
Email Linda at lindac@project-sage.org for more information.
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Discover All the Ways You Can Support Project SAGE!
Click the link below to make a one-time gift or join our Monthly Leadership Circle.
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