CELEBRATION IS ANOTHER WORD FOR ALIVE
A long time ago, a man I once tried to love nearly killed me, held me at gunpoint and brutalized me for 17 hours in what had once been our…
Centre County SHOWS SUPPORT FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH
And then there is the moment when you know that you are finally free, and freedom feels a little bit like a victory lap. Thank you to Centre Safe, District Attorney…
NOT EVEN MEMORY CAN STOP US NOW
I went back today to the courthouse where I took my abuser to court almost two decades ago. It was the first time I've been back since that day in…
THE POWER OF A NAME
I'm at the Renaming Celebration of The Centre County Women’s Resource Centre to the new, all inclusive name of Centre Safe, in State College, Pennsylvania. Centre Safe has been offering…
AROUND THIS TABLE, WITH THE PENNSYLVANIA COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (PCADV)
When I got out of the violence many years ago, one of the ways I rebuilt my life was to remind myself every morning in my writing that the only…