Every day we deal with phone calls. I had a phone call this morning. It was a woman in British Columbia who hadn't slept at all. British Columbia is removing her opioid pain medication, and she doesn't know what she's going to do. She was fairly suicidal this morning when I spoke to her. I was able to contact a bunch of people out west and a couple of people in Ontario. We activate the team. We activate the other advocates. They are right there, and they are getting it done. They're making the phone calls and getting boots on the ground at that person's house right now. A lot of times we can have boots on the ground within two hours at the person's house. Telling them to call 911 is not an option.
In my case, I was gang-raped by five men while I was in the military. Do you know what it looks like when uniforms come running towards you? It's not pretty, believe me.
This is what we do. We help with forms. We talk to people. We advocate. I know that Blake has received several emails in the last couple of days from federation members saying, “Make sure this gets added. Make sure this gets added.” We are passionate about what we do.
We have one of our women over here who's done extensive research on chemicals on military bases.
I'm blessed. I am so grateful to have these sisters who support me every day.