Do You Know What It Takes To Save Your Life?

Originally published on Medium.com on January 3, 2017 By Jon Westenberg. We don’t choose to be lost. But we can choose to be found. That’s something I only started to understand when I was in my early twenties, drunk out of my mind and burning off the fumes of my…

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Vacaville’s Emergency Homeless Shelter 2017

Once again our Community will be collaborating with the Churches of Vacaville, Mission Solano and our Vacaville Homeless Roundtable by hosting our Homeless Neighbors for Emergency Nomadic Sheltering this winter? Our experience is that this ministry blesses in many ways: It provides reprieve for our Homeless Neighbors from the elements!…

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5 New Year’s Resolutions I’m Making as a Survivor of Sexual Assault

Originally published on Everyday Feminism Magazine on December 31, 2016 by Sian Ferguson and re-published here with their permission. Like many others, I’ve had a rough time this year. 2016’s meme-worthy level of awfulness has hit me hard – and I can’t wait for it to be over. As someone…

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How will California’s newest laws affect…

Originally published in the LA Times on December 29, 2016 By Patrick McGreevy. Starting Jan. 1, Californians’ lives will be governed by hundreds of new laws including added controls on guns, harsher sanctions against criminals, extra restrictions on ride-hailing firms such as Uber and Lyft, and a boost in the…

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