Ampersand, a Lexington-based nonprofit that provides counseling and other services to rape and sexual assault victims, fired seven of its 10 employees Thursday – apparently without notice. That’s according to Cassidy Wheeler, a former employee who’s been communicating with several of the fired workers. Alex Berling, who said she received help from the former Bluegrass Rape Crisis Center – now Ampersand -- after she was sexually assaulted, said the firings disturb her.
“If it wasn't for them, I don't know where it would be physically, like right now. Because they helped me get through all of that and made me realize I was able to, you know, carry on with my normal life.”
