What If I Don’t Know What I Want?

Originally published on ACEs Connection on April 18, 2017 By Svava Brooks. If 2017 has been an unusually busy year for you, I can totally relate! But for survivors of abuse, a hectic schedule isn’t something out of the ordinary. Too often it’s the norm. An important milestone on your…

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Five Ways You Can Support Survivors During Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Originally published on Change.Org on April 15, 2017 By A.J. Walton and Joshunda Sanders. Eighteen-year-old Grace Watkins didn’t think she’d be subjected to further pain and humiliation soon after she was raped by a Notre Dame athlete while his friends filmed the violent attack. But that’s exactly what happened when…

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End 68 Hours of Hunger hosts High Stakes to End Hunger

End 68 Hours of Hunger is a nationwide program that is being run in Vacaville. It is a 100% volunteer organization that provides bags of food on a weekly basis to local children suffering from weekend food insecurity (children who don’t know where their next meal is coming from) between…

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“The most important thing I’ve learned about depression…”

Originally published on Option B on April, 2017 By Dior Vargas. My depression emerged when I was only six years old. It started after my dad abandoned my mom, my sister, and me. He was abusive to my mom, but I was still devastated when he left because we’d been…

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