Bill of Rights
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You have the right to:

  • Live free of violence
  • Be heard
  • Say no and not feel guilty
  • Make mistakes
  • Ask for what you want
  • Be alone
  • Ask for information
  • Make decisions about yourself
  • Feel and express anger
  • Be treated with respect and dignity
  • Experience and express your feelings
  • Change your mind
  • Feel good about yourself
  • Enjoy yourself
  • Define and live by your own standards



“The most common way
people give up their power
is by thinking
they don’t have any.”

Alice Walker, 1944-
Serving:  New Haven, West Haven, East Haven, North Haven, Hamden, Milford, Bethany
Orange, Woodbridge, Branford, North Branford, Guilford, and Madison.