I’ve spent the last 11 years as an advocate, educator, and activist in the fight against sexual violence. As a Black woman survivor, my journey has been one of reclaiming power and rewriting justice on my own terms. I’ve learned…
Dear Community, Greetings and welcome to a New Year. At the YWCA of Northwest Ohio, we take the beginning of every year to reflect on the previous year and ask ourselves how have we served in ways that we are…
TW: Descriptions of Prison, Violence in Prison, Rape in Prison, and Homicide Recently, I came across a news story that I felt I wanted to write about. The story was about a man, Armani Faison, who was raped and killed…
On Wednesday, May 19, 2021, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law a measure that would prohibit abortions as early as six weeks. We knew this law could be detrimental to the lives of survivors of sexual violence in Texas…
This entire year has hands down been one for the history books. From battling dueling pandemics to watching unprecedented political events, I can truly say 2020 has brought challenges I never thought I would face. Never have I experienced nightly…
Darkness to Light This blog originally appeared on the blog of Darkness to Light, an amazing organization working to end child sexual abuse, as part of their Hispanic Heritage Month spotlight. Read the original post here. This week, we sat…
Title IX regulations have been released. Like proverbial hounds released after a long wait. On May 6, 2020, the U.S. Department of Education released codified rules, altering and amending the ways institutions respond to cases of sex discrimination. As of…
Many Ohio Courts and related government services have temporarily altered their practices in response to COVID-19. Ohio courts will continue to provide all essential services. However, to protect the public health, individual courts have limited certain operations in the coming…
Note: An earlier version of this post appeared on our blog in 2015. On November 13, 2019, the Senate Judiciary Committee held its first hearing on Senate Bill 162: Eliminate Statute of Limitations for Rape; Spousal Exceptions, sponsored by Senators Nickie Antonio and…
Image created by Hafsa Khan; IG: @hafandhaf Even though our survivors are situated in Ohio, it is our duty to demand justice when gender inequality happens anywhere in the world. As the people of Sudan stood together to topple Sudan’s…
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