commumfity compass years. We'll be sad to see him go but are sure that he will do great work wherever he is! Thank you Mike, for all your hard work! Stepping into the Victim Advocate position is Hannah Mason Hauser, who has been the AmeriCorps"’VlSTA for the past 6 months. Hannah is excited to be a permanent member of Safespace, and is looking tom/ard to continu- ing to work in the community. We also have two new additions to Satespace, Aidyn Laurynz and Clark Sheldon. Aidyn is the new full-time AmeriCorps" VISTA and Clark is the Youth Violence Prevention Advocate. Aidyn was one of SafeSpace’s first volunteers, attended our first train- ing, and has been a committed worker in the community. Clark has also been involved with the community; he has worked closely with Outright before and will be developing the new Youth Violence Prevention program with Outright, Women Helping Battered Women, and the Women's Rape Crisis Center. . SafeSpace’s annual Phone—a-thon is coming up on February 16-17th, and we need some staunch supporters to help us continue our work! it's a lot of fun and takes very little time, but it is a huge help to helping us sup- port our mission. Please contact hannah@safespacevt.org, or call (802) 863-0003 for more details. Thanks as well to all our fantastic volunteers and presen- ters, old and new, who helped us with our 2nd Volunteer Training! We couldn't do it without you! Safespace is a social service, social change organiza- tion working to end physical, sexu- al, and emotional violence in and against the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and question- lng community. We provide infor- - mation, support, referrals, advoca- cy, and incident documentation to LGBTQQ survivors of violence, and offer education and outreach programs in the wider community. Safespace is open 10-6pm on Monday through Friday, with spe- cial extended hours from 9am- 9pm on Monday and Thursday. (802) 863-0003 (V/TTY) or toll-free (866) 869-7341 or ' www.safespacevt.org. UU Hosts South American Activist Juan Carlos Vallejo will speak at a forum on Sunday, February 15th, at 12:15 p.m. at the >>