Blog

Volunteer

September 26, 2024By Blog, Events
Volunteer with us! We’re grateful for the time and talent every person, group, and company gives. The efforts of volunteers expand our capacity to foster safety and healing for survivors of intimate partner abuse. Opportunities to help at our emergency shelter and farm are offered monthly. Examples of shelter volunteering…
READ MORE
Blog

Advocate in Your Place of Faith

September 26, 2024By Blog
A culture of support and understanding develops when faith groups and leaders talk about intimate partner abuse. How is faith related to the survivor experience? Many survivors of intimate partner abuse experience faith as a distinctive element of their identity and personal lives. While faith can be a source of…
READ MORE
Blog

Advocate in the Workplace

September 26, 2024By Blog
44% of US adults say they have experienced the effects of intimate partner abuse at work. Intimate partner abuse affects every part of a survivor’s life, including at work. Abusers often sabotage a survivor’s work-life as a control tactic.  As an employer, what can you do to support survivors?   If an employee starts suddenly missing…
READ MORE
Blog

Talk to Young People

September 26, 2024By Blog
1 in 3 teens will experience physical, sexual, or emotional abuse by someone they are in a relationship with before they become adults. Having conversations now can help young people in your life identify red flags when it’s time to start dating. Share and model what a healthy relationship looks…
READ MORE
Blog

Ask Yourself Honestly

September 26, 2024By Blog
Is your behavior truly violence free? Healthy relationships require self-awareness. That means you want to find ways to express how you’re feeling, practice active listening, and work together to find solutions — even when you disagree. By practicing healthier relationship habits and modeling them for others, you contribute to ending…
READ MORE
rainbow over shelter LGBTQIABlog

Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act

September 10, 2024By Blog
Information, images, and links in this post were developed by National Network to End Domestic Violence and ZeroV, Kentucky's coalition of domestic violence programs. Your voice to support the Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act is critically important! Victim safety and healing are on the line. Funding for victim services is…
READ MORE
paige swope standing in front of shelter doorsBlog

A Clean Start

August 5, 2024By Blog, Stories
"I endured every form of abuse from a partner for several years." Paige Swope holds the Ms. Kentucky Festivals 2023 title, and her platform is awareness for intimate partner abuse. “I endured every form of abuse from a partner for several years,” she shares. “Women, and especially children, who are…
READ MORE
attendees in photo boothBlog

AAWD & UK College of Dentistry Partnership

July 29, 2024By Blog
Dental health matters to the physical and emotional well-being of survivors. Many have been denied medical care and suffered tooth trauma before fleeing the abuser. For nearly two decades, a partnership with the American Association of Women Dentists (AAWD) at the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry has responded to…
READ MORE
darlene and pearse lyons foundationBlog

Thank You Pearse Lyons ACE Foundation!

July 22, 2024By Blog
Dr. Pearse Lyons founded Alltech with the vision of sustaining and nourishing the world’s plants, animals, and people. A recent $100,000 donation from the Pearse Lyons ACE Foundation to support our mission echoes this commitment. The generous gift, made possible by the success of the second annual Alltech Make a…
READ MORE
aerial view of farmBlog

Summer on the Farm

July 15, 2024By Blog
"The farm awakens a part of me that makes me feel strong and peaceful." The summer months are busy on our 40-acre property. From healthy cooking workshops using vegetables from the farm to trauma-informed yoga under the pavilion, residents reflect and find healing in lots of ways. Although many adult…
READ MORE