Trauma/Healing

2023 Changemaker Rhonda Martinson: Policing the Response to Domestic Violence

11/29/2023

They are not solely a critique of police policies and practices, but a way to understand the “why” behind missing pieces that block support for victims.

The Audacity to Be Asian in Rural America

11/29/2023

Most people I knew in my hometown could not grasp why I cared so much about six Asian women murdered in America.

Youth Mental Health Facility Opens in East Bethel

11/27/2023

Minnesota Commissioner for the Department of Human Services, Jodi Harpstead, said her department estimates that kids facing mental health issues that interfere significantly with home and school affect 9 percent of the state's youth.

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2012 Changemaker: ‘Abandon ME’

12/02/2010

"What women like about it is that it's not explicit. It's more powerful because it's symbolic rather than explicit."

2010 Changemaker: Peace Circle Initiative

12/02/2010

"There were three shootings into my house. I couldn't sit around and watch it happen."

2010 Changemaker: Ellen Kennedy

12/02/2010

"Genocides happen for very complicated reasons, but also for a very simple reason: because we let them."

2010 Changemaker: Marie Garza

12/02/2010

"I speak for those who can't speak. I want people to remember that [the victims had] lived. They had a life."

2009 Changemaker: Marlene Jezierski

12/02/2009

‘Beyond the Mirror’ Marlene Jezierski gives away…

2009 Changemaker: Bukola Oriola

12/02/2009

"There is help out there and all they need to do is to make a phone call to be free from slavery and torture."

Shelter from the storm

11/02/2009

"It's safer to have shelters visible. Personally, I believe that because a shelter is a visible part of a community, a battered woman is more likely to know where she can go."

Suzanne Koepplinger

01/02/2009

"We can't move forward until we have more than anecdotal information. We've got to have the data."

Leading with her heart

05/02/2008

"I wanted women ... to have the resources and support to move out of those violent relationships and understand, most importantly, that what is happening to them isn't a result of what they are doing ... that they didn't bring it on themselves."

Into the light

03/02/2008

Women, recovery and spirituality Photography by Sarah Whiting. "Quitting…

Coming home

03/02/2008

Minnesota female veterans face unique challenges Chante Wolf…

2007 Changemaker: TADA!

12/02/2007

Teens Against Dating Abuse spread the message about dating abuse to ‘tween girls

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