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Counselor’s Column–June 2019
Melissa McGraw, Director of Counseling Services at Safe Passage What is Human Trafficking? In June several domestic violence staff attended a training on human trafficking in Springfield. Domestic violence and rape crisis centers are seeing more and more victims of human trafficking ...
Pulse-2019
It has been three years since the massacre at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Our staff have been working the last few days to plan a Pride event and it hits home that LGBTQIA+ rights have come so far but ...
We’re not safe.
Content Warning: discussion of domestic violence and murder . . . . . A DeKalb County man recently returned to the area fleeing California after allegedly shooting another man to death. (Links to local reporting on the crime HERE and HERE). Mark Sypien had a host ...
Stalking Awareness Month
January is National Stalking Awareness Month. How many of us would recognize the signs of stalking or feel confident that we'd know what to do? Do we think of stalking as a "James Bond-style" incident? A stranger in an unmarked ...
Give the Gift of Hope
"For so long, I've been hurt by other people. For so long, I've felt stuck, like there's no way out. For so long, I didn't have a voice of my own. Dropping everything and coming to Safe Passage, I found ...
You are the Boss of your Body!
My niece was getting ready for bed one night when I was home visiting my family. She was just about to head upstairs and crawl into bed when my sister called her back to say goodnight to everyone. As she ...
