Mosaic VT

Mosaic Vermont, a 501c3 non profit agency, is Washington’s County’s sexual violence prevention and response agency. We are a small team of dedicated staff and volunteers located in the heart of Barre, Vermont. Mosaic Vermont’s mission is to heal communities and end sexual violence. We envision a world with resilient communities, free of sexual/gender-based violence, where all people are supported in healing from harm. Mosaic was founded in 1984 as the Sexual Assault Crisis Team of Washington County (SACT). SACT was the first organization in Vermont to have specialized sexual violence response services and shelter for people who were male and/or LGBTQ+, and received international recognition for work done to serve those traditionally left out of sexual and domestic violence response services. In 2020, SACT became Mosaic Vermont, Inc., marking a powerful period of transition in our work. This new chapter began a redoubling of our commitment to provide services that are approachable, intersectional, trauma informed, using best practice, preventative, and person-centered. A mosaic is an art form created by taking small pieces of material, typically stones or tiles, and arranging them into patterns or images. In a mosaic, each piece of material may not be beautiful by itself, or even match the other materials, but when the piece finds its place in the mosaic, it becomes a critical and valuable part of something wonderful and whole. In renaming ourselves Mosaic Vermont, we are recognizing that all parts of ourselves and our community are beautiful, valuable, and important. Our work is the practice of recognizing the pieces of ourselves and others that have been harmed and finding a place where those pieces can make us shine. In the spring of 2023, Mosaic celebrated as Central Vermont New Directions Coalition (CVNDC) became a “tile” in our “mosaic,” beginning a new era of holistic prevention work in central Vermont. Mosaic remains committed to upholding CVNDC’s impact