*Updated for 2025 When a close relative—let’s call her Morgan—announced her pregnancy, our entire family was ecstatic. I wanted to hear everything. My own pregnancy had been over 15 years …
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What the Church and People of Faith Can Do to Help Victims of Sexual and Domestic Violence
by TGJPby TGJPUpdated 8 21 2025 original March 2016 About sixteen years ago, I was sitting in service while Pastor Lance Watson preached a sermon on relationships. To be honest, I wasn’t …
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No Gratitude, No Quilt: A Lesson from My Mama (and a Little Fried Chicken)
by TGJPby TGJP*Updated for 2025 Several months ago, my mom asked me to pick up some hair accessories like the ones she saw me wearing. Naturally, I did. But when I got …
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🔊 The Right to Speak: What a Difference a Voice Makes
by TGJPby TGJPUpdated for 2025 Silence “You have the right to remain silent.” I first heard that phrase in my 8th grade Civics class during the lesson on Miranda rights.A great lesson. …
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High Five From WESurvive: Lavon Morris Grant A Spiritual Miracle
by TGJPby TGJPIn early 2002 or so a group of us Women of Color working in sexual and domestic drove down from Virginia to North Carolina to a two-day conference. It was …
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The Benefit of Anger for Survivors: A Fire That Heals
by TGJPby TGJPFor too long, Survivors have been told to suppress their anger. “Be the bigger person.” “Let it go.” “Forgive and move on.” Society is comfortable with Survivors who are silent, …
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High Five from WESurvive: 3 Crucial Life Lessons from Survivor LaQuisha Hall
by TGJPby TGJPSurvivors are my favorite people. Hands down, no contest. I love their war stories, their wisdom, their testimony. They inspire me. I weep with them. I serve them. I fight …
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Update: Tonya GJ's DIY Empowerment & Refueling Using only 23 Social Justice Movies
by TGJPby TGJPUpdate: (new films, new content) Thank God it is Fall! I love fall, but all this rain & wind from this storm with the handsome name is a bit soon. …
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What's In a Name: A Survivor of Child Sexual Abuse names Her Rapist
by TGJPby TGJPDid I tell y’all about that time that they printed a speech I delivered in public in the paper? Well, that isn’t even the most interesting part. The most interesting …
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Why Does Society Make it Difficult for Survivors of Rape & Abuse to Come Forward? Part 1
by TGJPby TGJPI watched “Cosby: The Women Speak.“ Actually, I recorded it. This way, if I was triggered, I could watch it another time. But I was amid …