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The Authentic Expression Project

By first responders, for first responders. 

Our most ambitious project yet; providing an anonymous space for first responders and their loved ones to tell their stories. 

Being a First Responder, to us, is like being a lighthouse.

To be seen and not heard. Only a flash of light in the darkest of nights.

Brutally exposed to the elements

Alone in an overwhelming reality of helper. Not helped.

Most First Responders can’t. Or won’t tell anyone the details. 

The pieces. The sounds. The way colors and textures combine. 

They don’t talk about the smells. That feeling. What they sometimes see when they close their eyes. 

To be the unknowing keeper of society's trauma is something that can’t be done in solitude.

-Poem by Brendan McCarthy & Edmund Dalo

The 2023 Authentic Expression Project

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DISCLAIMER: Authentic Abstraction First Responder Foundation Inc. (AAFRF) requires all parties to agree and acknowledge that AAFRF is not providing health care, medical or nutritional therapy services, or attempting to diagnose, treat, prevent or cure any physical, mental or emotional issue, disease or condition. If you are in crisis, please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency department for assistance. You are never alone. Call 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255) if you’re thinking about suicide. Please visit our resource page for more information.

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