by Mackayla Cox | Sep 20, 2017 | DV Awareness, DV/SA Collaborative
Human trafficking is the exploitation of a person for sex, forced labor, or domestic servitude. Any person under the age of 18 involved in a commercial sex act is considered a victim of human trafficking. It is happening to women, children, and men of any age and...
by Mackayla Cox | Sep 4, 2017 | DV Awareness, DV/SA Collaborative
Many types of trauma, including; domestic violence, rape, emotional abuse, physical abuse, etc. can change a person’s life. Even as physical marks heal, emotional scars are left making it difficult to function. One of the most common coping mechanisms is, drug and...
by Mackayla Cox | Aug 23, 2017 | DV Awareness, DV/SA Collaborative
According to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, 1 in 5 women and 1 in 16 men are assaulted during their time in college. With this knowledge and the visibility of high profile sexual assault cases in the news, the campus in our area realized that resources...
by Mackayla Cox | Aug 14, 2017 | DV Awareness
The amount of awareness campaigns is increasing. Along with this we see more awareness months, and days more than ever. This begs the question, what is awareness? And why does it matter? At The Shelter, we care about awareness a lot, there are many things we do to...
by Mackayla Cox | Jul 17, 2017 | Childhood Domestic Violence, DV/SA Collaborative
“Approximately 15 million children are growing up with domestic violence in the U.S. alone. As many as 40 million adults are likely to have been exposed to domestic violence over their lifetime.” “Developed by the world’s leading researchers and...
by Mackayla Cox | Jul 12, 2017 | DV Awareness
Many children live in homes with domestic violence, according to the Childhood Domestic Violence Association, “5 million children witness domestic violence each year in the United States. 40 million adult Americans grew up living with domestic violence. Living...
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