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Black History Month

February 4, 2025By Blog
This month and every month, we celebrate the contributions Black advocates have made to our mission, agriculture, and those who create safe spaces for positive change.  This post is inspired by  “Giants Among Men and Women On Whose Shoulders We Stand” from Ujima, The National Center on Violence Against Women…
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day

January 15, 2024By Blog
Community coming together in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Today staff members are attending the annual MLK Holiday Celebration and joining the Freedom March to honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy. The program after the march includes keynote speaker Rev. Kevin W. Cosby, Ph.D. and Peabo Bryson performing with…
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The Combahee River Collective

February 23, 2021By Blog
Black women have and continue to be leaders in the movement to end sexual and domestic violence.   "We are a collective of Black feminists who have been meeting together since 1974." These words open The Combahee River Collective Statement published in April 1977, one of the earliest documents to define…
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Kimberlé Crenshaw & Intersectionality

February 18, 2021By Blog
Black women have and continue to be leaders in the movement to end sexual and domestic violence.   Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the phrase "intersectionality" in 1989 to describe how race, class, gender, and other individual characteristics “intersect” and overlap. The theory allows deeper understanding of racism and sexism in context of…
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Tarana Burke & the #MeToo Movement

February 11, 2021By Blog
Black women have and continue to be leaders in the movement to end sexual and domestic violence.   Tarana Burke is known as an activist, community organizer, executive, and founder of the "me too" movement. With over 19 million uses on Twitter in one year alone, this hashtag started one of the most notable movements of our time. In a Variety…
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Black History Month Series

February 2, 2021By Blog
Black women have and continue to be leaders in the movement to end sexual and domestic violence.   This month, we're learning more about the lives of Black women who built, shaped, and continue to lead the missions to end intimate partner abuse and sexual violence. The series was inspired by…
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Secrets We Keep

February 19, 2019By Blog

By Carol Taylor-Shim, Former Chair/President of our Board of Directors. This is a re-post of an article originally published during our  17 Voices campaign during Domestic Violence Awareness Month in 2016. Dear Sister, I’m writing to you because I love you and know you are in pain. I know you are…

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