Abuse of Power

There is a deep and dangerous misunderstanding about the case involving Sean Combs and what it means to traffic someone through coercion. So let’s make this plain. Coercive sex trafficking …

Survivor, you’ve carried so much. You’ve fought for healing, for hope, for wholeness—not just for yourself, but for others too. You’ve tried to pour love into places that had no …

To every Survivor who has ever hesitated, second-guessed, or swallowed the truth to protect someone else’s comfort:You are not late.You are not wrong.And you are not the problem. There is …

Perpetrator fragility is a concept used to describe how individuals—most often abusers or those in power—respond with defensiveness, victim-playing, or aggression when they are confronted about their harmful behavior. Instead …

In the work of protecting children, hard truths often sit at the intersection of culture, medicine, and power. And in that intersection, those of us who advocate for survivors must …

In the United States, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is illegal under federal law.But it took decades of struggle, advocacy, and survivor voices to get here. And the fight isn’t over. …

In the United States, there has always been a clash between cultural beliefs and the safety of the child. We just happen to be diverse like that.  Some call it …

Celebrity trials that encompass domestic violence and rape annoy me. A whole lot of people get to talking about victims like they know them. People who never met the victim …

People assume she stayed because she didn’t know. Didn’t know her worth.Didn’t know what he was doing to her.Didn’t know what love is supposed to look like. But that’s not …

Why doesn’t she leave? Because domestic abuse is not a disagreement. It’s a terror campaign. Because domestic abuse isn’t a disagreement.It’s a campaign of terror—planned, persistent, and deeply personal. Because …