You might have seen some Family Tree employees’ pronouns listed in their email signature and on their business cards. Do you wonder why we do this?

Diversity/inclusiveness are important values at Family Tree. Especially for serving all people in the Denver metro area. Encouraging a safe environment for employees to identify preferred pronouns is one step to creating an inclusive environment.

Diversity/Inclusiveness has long-been a Family Tree core value and practice while serving the Denver metro area. The Family Tree Inclusiveness Committee includes Family Tree staff members committed to demonstrating a more inclusive environment for clients and staff. Family Tree offers services in the areas of child abuse, domestic violence and homelessness and recognizes that marginalized communities face many barriers when trying to access human service programs.

Robin describes herself as “feeling as broken as you can get” when she first came into seek services at Family Tree’s Legal Advocacy. This feeling that Robin described is not an uncommon feeling for many survivors of domestic violence, especially those who choose to pursue their case legally through a Protection Order, divorce, or custody matter.