domestic violence

What does the survivor need to feel safe again? What do accountability, justice, and healing mean to them?

It is time, she writes, to become our own protection system to thwart aggressors.

January 24 — Rep. Kristin Bahner (DFL–37B) introduced HF424 to the House Public Safety and Finance Committee, in order to

“Unpacking Our Trauma Bundles to Create Community Healing,” first in the Healing Trauma series of Changemakers Alliance, a statewide conversation-story-and-action membership community of Minnesota Women’s Press.

I can understand the challenges that make it hard to escape the abuse. Part of my support is reaffirming that I believe what they say.

According to data collected by the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS), between 2005 and 2019, there were 46,961 individuals who had experienced both homelessness in Minnesota and domestic violence.

Starting this past summer in Baltimore, Maryland, 14,000 city employees are being trained to provide trauma-informed care to the community.

The women in the paintings do not shy away from telling the story of their injuries, but they are not defined by them.

“We are almost in a panic mode right now.”

The last year has been devastating regarding violence against women. The statistics we have collected help us understand the increase and nature of violence, which is catastrophic.

We have to change the thinking that women are less.

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