We have hosted an event of Thanksgiving at
Stockton Baptist Church for local supporters and co-hosted a Regional Learning
Day with guests invited from the main statutory and non-statutory service agencies
in the North East region.
At both events a main theme was ‘identity’ – who you are,
the way you think about yourself, how you are viewed by the world.
At the Regional Learning Day we were extremely honoured to host
presentations by some of the women with
whom we work, those whose lives are synonymous with working in the night time
economy. Women who, at first glance,
could have lives distinctively linked to addictions, homelessness and survival
sex work – but whose longing and desire is to identified and recognised as a
daughter, as a sister and as a mother.
At A Way Out’s Thanksgiving event we highlighted a story depicting
a woman anointing Jesus with oil… in the story Jesus calls together his friends
as asks “Do you see that woman?”…the story shows that he gave her attention, when no-one else in
the room did; he gave her a place in society; he acknowledged her love and
service and he gave her forgiveness… because
he saw the woman beyond her past. This is a direct reflection of how A Way Out reaches
out, engages, advocates, with a non-judgmental approach and unconditional love
– to support and enable vulnerable women and girls to reach their full
potential.
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