September 16th, 2024
In the fast-paced world we live in, taking care of ourselves can sometimes fall short. This is especially true of both survivors and those who support them. Self-care is incredibly important in the healing journeys of both parties, and being ...
July 9th, 2024
Intimate partner violence- or IPV- is everywhere in the 21st century. We see it glorified all over social media, and it’s repeatedly seen in television shows, movies, books, and every other type of media that exist. While we can recognize ...
July 2nd, 2024
If you’ve ever been in an abusive relationship, you know that no one situation is the same as another. Unfortunately, however, in most abuse situations a cycle will repeat itself over and over until the survivor is ready to leave. ...
June 25th, 2024
As a member of the LGBTQ+ community myself, I’ve always been curious as to why Inever heard about intimate partner violence within queer relationships. I always just assumedthat meant that there was less of it in queer spaces- that our ...
June 8th, 2020
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 ...
April 28th, 2020
If you’re like us, you’ve had a lot more time (or at least more excuses) to watch Netflix, read books, and listen to podcasts. We’ll be sharing some thoughts from our favorite shows and podcasts over the next few weeks ...
March 25th, 2020
As with many social-service agencies and businesses, we find ourselves operating under a new normal due to the novel coronavirus, COVID-19.
While we are all practicing social distancing, finding new ways to spend our time, and doing our best to keep ...
November 14th, 2018
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 ...
May 8th, 2018
Content note: discussion of violent sexual assault and victim-blaming.
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A student was violently sexually assaulted by an acquaintance this weekend at NIU (LINK to article). The student was working on a final project for school when the attacker stopped by, physically ...
March 9th, 2018
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 ...