Christmas morning always found my siblings, parents, and I cuddled up in front of the wood-burning stove in our kitchen. My mom would bake Christmas cookies for breakfast, a sort of oatmeal-based treat that was really more cookie than breakfast. ...
Mark your calendars and dig out your high heels! Safe Passage is once again hosting "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes!" An opportunity for our community to stand against sexual violence by putting yourself in the shoes of a sexual ...
Baby, it's Cold Outside--Zooey Deschanel http://Baby, it's Cold Outside--Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppets Baby, it's Cold Outside--a complicated holiday song if there ever was one. Is it a song celebrating the ability of a woman to overcome the restrictive sexual mores of her ...
If you are like me, you love the holiday season. I can't wait to dig out my holiday decorations, make paper snowflakes, and cozy up with a warm mug of cocoa. For me, the holidays have always been a time ...
On December 6, Safe Passage clients celebrated the holidays with our annual winter party. Over 50 clients and their children enjoyed a holiday meal, desserts and music. Children were able to decorate ornaments, color holiday masks, and create winter crafts with ...
Even someone who lived under a rock for the majority of the 2016 presidential campaign is likely to be aware what a big issue immigration became. For Republicans, the party platform pushed for increases in border security, reductions in immigration ...
Is there a domestic violence or rape crisis center in your town? Would you know if it closed? Would it affect you? DeKalb County was forced to face these questions as the Illinois Budget crisis continued to threaten social services around ...
Gun violence is becoming an American tradition. The mass shooting in Las Vegas is being quickly driven to the back of our minds as our nation mourns churchgoers, gunned down as they worshiped in Sutherland Springs, TX. Time and again ...
