Category: Resources for victims/Survivors
Spotlight on IDVAAC: A Legacy of Protecting Black Survivors
Because we deserve more than band-aids. We deserve truth, safety, and [...]
✊🏾 First, We Fight for Our Safety.
Then, We Fight for Our Story.(And We Are Tired.)
She survived.That sh [...]

Creating a Safety Plan: Essential Steps for Protecting Yourself from Stalking and Harassment
When faced with stalking, harassment, or any form of abuse, having a [...]

Pet Safety and Animal Support: A Vital Resource for Abuse Survivors
When people discuss domestic violence, they often focus on the [...]
Unlocking Hope: Ultimate Funding Resources for Domestic Violence Support and Survivor Empowerment
We need action now!
Over the decades, one of the [...]

Affirmation: Silence the voice of self-criticism (with video & audio)
New video linkI silence the voice of self-criticism.I don’t even hear [...]

How Survivors Can Preserve the Lessons from Their Experiences for Storytelling
originally published 11/20/2015 To tell your story, you are going [...]

6 Ways Asking for Help Enriches Your Life
I realize that in our society, it is almost fashionable to come down o [...]

How Survivors Can Create a Support System That Works for Them
As Survivors, many of us are not used to asking for what we need. &nbs [...]

The Forbidden Truth About Intimate Partner Violence & Abuse Revealed by Wyatt O'Brian Evans
I'd like to introduce to some of you a Survivor who makes me smile ins [...]

How to Start Talking to Young Children about Sexual Abuse
My whole world shifted. As always, it was the fault of the mother. Yes [...]

10 Excellent Memoirs about the Sexual Violence Survivor's Journey
Glad to see that we are in a season of listening to the powerful voice [...]

UPDATE: How Good Parents Miss Child Sexual Abuse and 5 Questions to Change That
Update: I published this during the summer months (2015). It s [...]

Activism & Self Care: Tonya’s Favorite Things On the Web This Week
Okay, so the heat won this week.
Most of you are [...]

Songs Survivors Play to Survive Disaster
I Tried One day years ago I was trying to make it through a challenge. [...]
🛑 Summer Safety Alert: Predators Count on Your Distractions—Don’t Let Them
Yes, it’s summer again.
And while many of us are fo [...]
Pregnancy, Panic, and the Past: Supporting Survivors Through the Miracle of Birth
*Updated for 2025
When a close relative—let’s call her Morgan [...]

Driving Out Darkness with Your Light: An Affirmation for Survivors
Is it me or has 2016 been moving at warp speed? I wrote on [...]

How to Get the Truth Around Obstacles of Myths, Lies, & Distraction: Infographics
Let Me Tell ItI once worked as the sexual assault Outreach Advocate fo [...]