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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 ...

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 ...

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.  ...

Walk a Mile

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 ...