Lisa Floyd’s 911 call

Lisa Floyd was 6 years old when she made this call as she witnessed her step dad abuse her mother for yet another time. The audio is chilling, frightening us to tears with each piercing scream from Lisa as she  fights to protect her loved ones. As an Adult, Lisa…

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Lisa Floyd’s Story

Originally published on Children of Domestic Violence By Lisa Floyd Lisa’s Story I’m Lisa, a survivor with a future, because of my past. I’m not sure I’d be here had I lost the will to fight. Night after night, I was tested. I saw my mother abused in ways I…

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Social Media and Generational Selfies

One of my teammates for the Miss Representation Project sent me this video. I love how the daughters were able to spark some enlightenment into their mothers inner beauty. Published on Jan 19, 2014 Join the conversation at #BeautyIs Share what beauty means to you at http://dove.us/realbeauty In partnership with…

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Burrowing deeper and deeper,

“I didn’t value their severity until her car pulled up to the gargantuan stone walls and expanded rolls of barbed wire. Again, I was confounded into silence. The long walk to the first of many doors I was about to go through felt like I was burrowing deeper and deeper,…

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