Victims Rights

I’ve seen the meme of her so often. You may have too. She was a woman from Brazil who was harmed “by mistake,” they say. Accused of being an informant. …

Myth 1: “Talking about unfairness is divisive.” Fact: Silence does not create unity. It only hides the wound. When people name unfair treatment, they are not breaking the peace. They are …

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 …

“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 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 …

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 …

Financial abuse doesn’t always look like taking money. Sometimes it looks like refusing to carry your part—knowing the damage will fall on her and your children. Judge: ‘Mother’s grit’ led …

They tell women: “If it was bad enough, you would have left.” That sounds like truth. You don’t have to be fooled, though. It isn’t. Leaving is not just effort. …

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 …

People think money protects women. In reality, it often protects the man harming her.Some of the most controlled women in the world are living in beautiful homes so no one …