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Dear editor
We—along with the Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs—submitted this letter to the editor of The Daily News following the arrest of a domestic violence and sexual assault survivor. We...
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Great expectations
Our Fatality Review project just issued its annual report of the number of people across Washington State who died as a result of domestic violence last year. I drafted a press release of the findings...
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Improving effectiveness of domestic violence protection orders and safety for...
This afternoon, Governor Inslee will sign ESHB1840 (concerning firearms laws for persons subject to no-contact orders, protection orders, and restraining orders) into law. We issued the following press...
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Singing out to stop the silence & end the violence
We bring you this guest post from Emily McAllister, a senior at Auburn Mountainview High School. The following is an excerpt of the speech she gave at a benefit show she organized to support our work...
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Call of the wild
Survive, reproduce. Survive, reproduce. For 3.5 billion years. I love science. I love how Neil deGrasse Tyson from Cosmos has become a superstar, and how he has lead people to gasp at galaxies. I like...
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News you can relate to
Some news stories that caught our eye this week: The high school senior that was kicked out of her prom for her dress tells the story of her experience: “I was told that the way I dressed and moved my...
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Love Like This
I have been doing domestic violence work for a long time. Over the years, I have come across lists of the “red flags” or “warning signs” of abuse many times. These lists are helpful for sure. But you...
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The question can make all the difference
Just imagine you are sitting in your doctor’s office waiting for the doctor and chatting with the medical assistant. Maybe it’s your yearly physical or maybe this is your first visit and you just want...
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Where there’s a will there’s a way
Like so many recent episodes of gun violence, the rampage in Santa Barbara raised the familiar questions: Could the violence have been prevented? Could we have seen this coming? National conversation...
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Giving degrees the third degree
I recently came across this article about a woman who had lied on her resume about her education. Of course lying about such things is not ethical or wise—but I think this is an excellent opportunity...
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Yay for feminist teens!
I spend my life working on women’s rights, so when I heard my daughters talking about the Feminist Union club at their high school I couldn’t wait to hear more! What on earth was this? Their answers...
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Culture of violence
NFL headquarters Two years before Ray Rice pushed the league’s “domestic violence problem” into the headlines, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell testified to a Congressional committee: “We are changing...
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#WhyImVoting
I have a confession; I don’t have a perfect voting record. I looked it up and there it was, in my face, elections in which I simply did not cast my ballot. This sent me down a spiral of...
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To see, to speak, to persuade
Last week I was sitting through the jury selection process for a domestic violence related-crime. Day one: I was questioned alone about where I worked (spoiler alert—the Washington State Coalition...
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Sung and unsung
Mrs. Ericson used to stand solid as a rock between the rows of high school desks and compel us through the sheer force of her love of literature to love it too. I never read willingly before she was my...
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News you can relate to
Some news stories that caught our eye this week: When survivors tell their stories, they can seem cold or indifferent, get details wrong, or be unable to remember everything that happened, which is...
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Fear not, think this
I am not typically drawn to sensationalist articles titled “What Are You Afraid Of?” Mostly, because I already know. But when Parade Magazine fell out of the Sunday paper last week, there was a cool...
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News you can relate to
Some news stories that caught our eye this week: It’s great to have laws that protect victims of abuse, but how can we make sure those laws are being enforced? KIRO 7 looks into two domestic violence...
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What does it take to believe a woman?
We bring you this post from the Executive Director of a domestic violence program in rural Washington. The domestic violence agency I work at often buys supplies that our clients need but can’t always...
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Relationship advice
This past year, domestic violence was in the news quite often. But lately, I’ve noticed the stories that have really made me stop and think about violence and relationships are the ones that didn’t set...
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