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Dear editor
We—along with the Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs—submitted this letter to the editor of The Daily News following the arrest of a domestic violence and sexual assault survivor. We...
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The Angel Band Project
Last Friday I had the incredible opportunity to hear The Angel Band Project, featuring Jennifer (Jen) Hopper and Norbert Leo Butz. The Angel Band Project began as a benefit album after the rape and...
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Are you listening?
We bring you this post from Megan Dorwin, our Policy and Economic Justice intern. I’m a social worker who spends the majority of her time with other social workers. And there’s a trend I’ve noticed...
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Yay for feminist teens!
I spend my life working on women’s rights, so when I heard my daughters talking about the Feminist Union club at their high school I couldn’t wait to hear more! What on earth was this? Their answers...
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#WhyImVoting
I have a confession; I don’t have a perfect voting record. I looked it up and there it was, in my face, elections in which I simply did not cast my ballot. This sent me down a spiral of...
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Warning signs
I was watching TV when Jaylen Fryberg shot his friends and himself at Marysville-Pilchuck High School. Which meant that I spent too much time—shocked, scared, angry—watching the media cover this...
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Sung and unsung
Mrs. Ericson used to stand solid as a rock between the rows of high school desks and compel us through the sheer force of her love of literature to love it too. I never read willingly before she was my...
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Why I support the WSCADV
Guest blogger: Mike C. This post originally appeared on CauseCords.com. Black and purple survival paracord bracelet from CauseCords. Featured in May 2015, $10 from each sale that month will go to the...
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Permitiendo a otros dirigir el camino (Letting others lead the way)
El año pasado, tuve la oportunidad de trabajar con un grupo de trabajadores agrícolas inmigrantes latinos para crear una novela corta para la radio que crearía conciencia sobre la violencia sexual en...
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Ultimately, I have faith in people
Photo by Dread Scott During a week of searing sadness, tiredness, and anger, I am looking for a way to move forward. I find myself thinking about the people around me in the grocery store, standing on...
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Shattered community
We bring you this post from Sandi Scroggins, WSCADV’s Executive Assistant. April 5, 1984. I was 14 and it was 18 days before my 15th birthday. I had transferred to Foothill High School six months...
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Tactical frivolity
Is it me, or is there a ridiculous level of horrible news stories lately? My usual reaction is to feel outrage, which I will defend: Outrage is an honest and legitimate feeling. But then I read an...
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A new kind of New Year’s resolutions
Eat healthier, read more, save money, get organized. Welcome to 2016 and New Year’s resolutions! I have been a sucker for resolutions for a long time and like many who make them, I break them. My...
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Talking to someone about their abusive behavior
Let’s be real, most of us think of an abuser as an easy-to-spot evil monster. So it’s hard to admit or even recognize when someone we care about is being abusive. When we do start to see it, some of us...
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Cats and raindrops bless us
Sherman Alexie said “I don’t believe in magic, but I believe in interpreting coincidence exactly the way you want to.” So when a stray cat wandered into the circle of grief-stricken neighbors gathered...
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