by Mackayla Cox | Jan 3, 2018 | DV Awareness, DV/SA Collaborative
Human trafficking is an unseen crime, and many people do not know the facts about it. In order to raise awareness and help victims we need to educate ourselves on the reality. Below are common myths along with reality about human trafficking. To report a tip or get...
by Mackayla Cox | Oct 11, 2017 | DV Awareness, DV/SA Collaborative
“Domestic violence is the willful intimidation, physical assault, battery, sexual assault, and/or other abusive behavior as part of a systematic pattern of power and control perpetrated by one intimate partner against another. It includes physical violence,...
by Mackayla Cox | Oct 2, 2017 | DV Awareness, DV/SA Collaborative
Jill Donnenwirth, Director of Community-based Services, has been at The Shelter for 21 years. Through the years, she has experienced different cases, all including different types of violence, abusers, and survivors. To start off Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we...
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...
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