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Who matters?

Who matters when we think about domestic violence and sexual assault? Who are we protecting and who do we silence? Over the course of the last few months, our country has been forced into a reckoning of whose pain is ...

Got Consent?

Content Warning:  Discussion of sexual abuse, sexual predators, and consent. . . . . . . As Harvey Weinstein's case continues in New York, the main argument from his legal team is that every encounter brought up in the trial was actually consensual. He says that he ...

Politics

Our Director of Prevention and Communication shared her perspective on WNIJ this morning (LINK). She shares about the importance of voting, but also the importance of what we do AFTER we cast our ballots.  How do we hold our elected leaders ...

National Avocado Day

Avocado...the trickiest food to prepare, the key ingredient in guacamole, and the reason millennials aren't able to afford to buy houses. I love avocados.  I didn't when I was younger, but something changed in me.  I grew older.  I grew wiser.  ...

I’m not throwing away my shot

My partner and I went to see Hamilton last night.  For those of you who aren't familiar, Hamilton the Musical is the story of Alexander Hamilton, the Founding Father who came to America as an immigrant, fought in the Revolutionary ...

Bridges out of Poverty

I recently attended the Bridges out of Poverty training and it was a great learning experience. The exciting thing was that many of the tools they gave us, we have already implemented in our Residential Program. It is my goal ...