Self Care
Self-care. It’s a term that has been tossed around a lot in the 13 years I’ve been working in the DV movement, and I’m sure for the decades previous as…
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Our Business
So, this post has been making it’s way around my Facebook circle, so I read it. It’s an open letter by an executive director of a small non profit to…
Intimate Partner Violence Fast Facts
From the CNN website is a roundup of background information and stats on domestic violence: Domestic (Intimate Partner) Violence Fast Facts
Creating Time for Supervision
This week’s post brought to you by guest blogger Sarah Foley, Associate Director of Counseling and Outreach at the YWCA Alternatives to Domestic Violence Program in Spokane, WA. There is never enough…
Which Mass Shootings Are Counted?
The way you define a “mass shooting” makes a big difference in the number. Some counts exclude all domestic violence homicides from their definitions. This article from Huffington Post is…
Tending to the Nest Egg
Ahhhh, retirement. Visions of schedule-free days, travel with loved ones, working through your bucket list that you’ve carefully crafted over the years. Wouldn’t that be nice? Unfortunately, it’s a word…
Twenty Tips for Evaluating Scientific Claims
From the journal Nature, a good quick reference to help non-scientists separate good evidence from junk science. Twenty Tips for Evaluating Scientific Claims
Background Checks Prevent Domestic Violence Murders
This infographic from UltraViolet pulls together recent data on background checks for gun sales and domestic violence murders.
Powerful Story About Guns and Domestic Violence
A powerful story this week in Parent Map, “Normal from the Outside: A Family’s Story of Guns and Domestic Violence” by Rory Graves. “Police seized 24 guns and hundreds of…
Being On-Call
At the WSCADV Annual Conference last month, a bunch of forward thinking directors, managers and advocates came together for a Good Jobs Forum. There was a lot of great discussion,…