GLAAD Statement for Pride Month
By GLAAD | June 1, 2021 GLAAD Statement for Pride Month: “Full LGBTQ acceptance cannot be achieved until we protect the most vulnerable among us” This Pride Month, we are once again reminded that despite great strides of progress made for...
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SAFE Homes CEO, Jada Charley, speaks out about sexual assault during SAAM
Mary Black Foundation ~ Weekly Blog Update Guest Blogger, April 6, 2021 April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month In 2020, Mary Black Foundation granted $25,000 to SAFE Homes for the first year of an eighteen-month grant to fund a full-time therapist...
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April 2021 marks the official 20th anniversary of Sexual Assault Awareness Month
NSVRC (National Sexual Violence Resource Center) SAAM 2021 — We Can Build Safe Online Spaces History of Sexual Assault Awareness Month April 2021 marks the official 20th anniversary of Sexual Assault Awareness Month — but did you know we can trace...
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LOVE is RESPECT
Love is Respect Dating 101 Dating means different things to different people, especially across generations. At love is respect, we define dating as two or more people in an intimate relationship. The relationship may be sexual (though it...
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A Long and Complicated Road Ahead
Improving how colleges respond to sexual assault on campus is one of President Biden’s top priorities. But it’s likely to be an uphill battle. By Greta Anderson January 22, 2021 Joe Biden entered the White House this week with high...
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Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month #TDVAM
Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month What Is Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month? February is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month (TDVAM). This is an issue that impacts everyone – not just teens –...
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Join SAFE Homes in 21 Days of Kindness #kindspartanburg
The City of Spartanburg has launched the 21 days of Kindness Challenge to remind all of us about the importance of being kind to one another. This initiative was inspired by Dr. King’s notion of a “beloved community” and...
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What is the connection between domestic violence, sexual assault, and reproductive justice and how does it impact Black women?
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2021 By Alana C. Brown, founder and executive director of The Safe Sisters Circle Black women have a complicated historical and contemporary relationship with domestic violence and sexual abuse within the United States. This has resulted...
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Centering Youth at the Intersections of Homelessness and Gender-Based Violence for Teen DV Month 2021
by Breckan Erdman Winters, NRCDV Program Specialist This Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month (TDVAM), we’re centering the unique needs of runaway and homeless youth (RHY) experiencing relationship violence, particularly Black and Trans youth living at the intersections of multiple forms of oppression....
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