Political Action

There is something we need to pay closer attention to when people announce progress. Sometimes lawmakers and institutions expand the number of people included in a policy, and everybody celebrates. …

There is a misunderstanding about race that we need to clear up. Somehow, the person who speaks openly about racism can become the person accused of creating division. But speaking …

What every young woman should understand about sexual violence, school safety, and the right to an education. Imagine arriving at college with your whole future ahead of you. You have …

  updated from May 12 2024 Child advocacy should begin and end with the well-being of children. Their safety, dignity, health, education, and future should guide the decisions we make …

updated from September 24, 2025 Too often, when a woman dares to speak up about her own safety needs, she is shamed. Other women tell her she’s “overreacting,” “paranoid,” or …

You don’t have to worry about who we women are—since you don’t seem to know—because we are not the people behind the violence. Men need not keep speaking publicly about …

It takes extraordinary arrogance to approach grown women as if we are strangers to our own existence. Something has been bothering me about the way some of our leaders discuss race …

If your vision of justice requires Black women to accept more danger, you have not finished thinking about justice. When Black women ask to be protected, we are not asking …

 updated from Sep 28, 2025  Survival is one type of strength. Healing is another. We heal the things we never should have had to survive in the first place.  Respect …

I have spent more than 30 years working with women and children who have experienced abuse. And one of the things that experience has taught me is that people are …