Because we deserve more than band-aids. We deserve truth, safety, and justice—designed with us in mind. What Is IDVAAC? The Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community (IDVAAC)…
Safety Plan Crisis Worksheets Writing down and reflecting on a crisis safety plan can have several benefits 1. Clarity and organization: Writing down a crisis safety plan helps to…
I received a link to the book below and it put it on my heart to think about parental alienation. May this book and resources offer comfort and assistance…
I realize that in our society, it is almost fashionable to come down on someone in need. Unfortunately, this keeps millions upon millions of Survivors in locked an endless cycle of…
Memory Lane (2000’s) “No!” “Nobody kisses me! Except my mother, my Grammy, my Aunt Kisha, my LaLa, my Nanny, my Dada, my Gma,” (and the list went on) I knew…
I’d like to introduce to some of you a Survivor who makes me smile instantly. He is passionate, informed, and somehow finds a way to do this often distressful work with…
Updated for WeSurviveAbuse.com, 2025 Let’s return to this uncomfortable truth: when victims of sexual violence recant, it is often not because the crime didn’t happen.It’s because the world they’ve been…
Updated from Oct 2016….. Sexual violence at the hands of children is just as destructive as any violation by an adult. It’s hard being the victim of an older child.…
So every night my mother would come to tuck me in at night. Every night without fail. And every night without fail, this would happen. She would come to my bed, …