Category: Advocates/Activists

Explain Like I'm 5: What victims of domestic violence go through to get justice
I originally posted this on 9/3/15. On 5/16/2016 I aided a victim in D [...]

Pregnancy, Panic, and the Past: Supporting Survivors Through the Miracle of Birth
*Updated for 2025
When a close relativeâletâs call her Morgan [...]

Whispered Civil Rights Movement Secrets: Fannie Lou Hamer the Truth Teller
There are peopleâloud and determinedâwho would have you believe [...]

đ The Right to Speak: What a Difference a Voice Makes
Updated for 2025 Silence
âYou have the right to remain silent.â
I [...]

High Five From WESurvive: Lavon Morris Grant A Spiritual Miracle
In early 2002 or so a group of us Women of Color working in sexual and [...]

High Five from WESurvive: 3 Crucial Life Lessons from Survivor LaQuisha Hall
Survivors are my favorite people. Hands down, no contest. I love [...]

Update: Tonya GJ's DIY Empowerment & Refueling Using only 23 Social Justice Movies
Update: (new films, new content) Thank God it is Fall! I love fall, bu [...]
Why Does Society Make it Difficult for Survivors of Rape & Abuse to Come Forward? Part 1
I watched "Cosby: The Women Speak." Â
 Actually, [...]

The Eye of the Child Sexual Abuse Survivor: A Black Man Takes the Mic
It is my honor to highlight the words of author Tremayne Moore a [...]

Letter from an Angry Survivor of Sexual Violence about this Bill Cosby Tragedy
7/7/2015 Tonight I am angry.Â
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That isn't my default setting t [...]