This year’s Celebrating Survivors Children’s Ambassador, management + technology consulting firm Aspirant, uses its time and talent to make real change in the lives of domestic violence survivors and their children, both as a company and through the efforts of individual employees.

Women’s Center & Shelter’s partnership with Pittsburgh-based Aspirant began back in 2014 with the development of the life-saving RUSafe app, now in its second version and available in three languages in all 50 states. Since that time, Aspirant has fully embraced WC&S through their Connection of Hope campaign, by serving meals to residents and children, participating in the annual Adopt-A-Family holiday giving program, hosting events on WC&S’ behalf, sponsoring WC&S events, and providing countless amounts of expertise in a wide variety of areas such as technology and human resources. Their Aspire to Your Full Potential fund provides direct assistance to survivors of domestic violence for vital and immediate needs such as security systems, utility assistance, and much more. Rick Newton, founder of Newton Consulting, now integrated into Aspirant, even helped us to develop our new mission, vision, and values last summer. We are so grateful for this deep and ever-evolving partnership!