Civil Rights & Social Justice

There is no need to pretend this is good news. Voting rights are important to Black Survivors of violence and abuse, especially when the only way to end violence and …

Congressman John Lewis was beaten while fighting for voting rights. On March 7, 1965, during the Selma voting rights march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, Alabama state troopers attacked peaceful marchers. That …

If you are a Black person, you know what it is like when the “both sides” playbook is used against you. You know what it is like to be pushed …

“Being asked to ignore degradation is not an invitation to be strong. It is an invitation to disappear. And you were never meant to disappear.” For Survivors, language is never …

Updated from October 25, 2025 “Oppression evolves. It trades the whip for the weary.” — WeSurviveAbuse.com When people stonewall you, they aren’t just ignoring you; they’re blocking movement. That’s deliberate. …

updated from September 20, 2025 Proverbs 12:19 puts it this way….. “Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.” When victims of abuse summon the courage …

“It is a peculiar cruelty to demand extraordinary proof from those who have endured ordinary injustice.” My pain does not require cross-examination to be real.My humanity is not pending approval. …

There is language that has been troubling my soul. As a Womanist historian, I know that misinformation is not just an error; it is a weapon used to disarm the …

Sometimes I feel weak and weary. Like today, and yesterday, and the day before that. This work—this witnessing, this advocating, this holding the line—gets heavy. And yet, I am appreciative. …

People direct public anger toward groups that may have hurt or failed them. That reaction is human. But it can stop the conversation at the surface. Because here’s the harder …