Stalking Awareness Month: Know it- Name It- Stop it
Author: Panayiota Papadopoulos, Training and Education Advocate II January marks National Stalking Awareness Month (NSAM), with Stalking Awareness Day of Action on January 18th. We urge you to join us…
Read MoreFrom Assumptions to Awareness: What I Learned About Rights from Angelina Jolie’s Know Your Rights
I’ll be honest. I assumed we had this all figured out. Women’s rights, children’s rights. I thought they were basic, universal, and firmly in place. As a 40-year-old mom raising…
Read MoreMan Enough
By Braley Veras A few months ago, I was looking for a good podcast to listen to while working out at the gym. After chatting with friends and peers, I…
Read MoreIn a Day’s Work: From the Mundane to the Mission
As the Executive Director, there are many parts of my job that are truly necessary yet pretty mundane. Today was one of those days when I needed to focus on…
Read MoreBut Is It Enough?
In 1976, a small group of women came together, determined to do something about domestic violence rather than just talk about it. This was the start of May Day Anonymous,…
Read MoreMy Confession to Other Parents & Caregivers
At the risk of slight embarrassment, I’ll share with you a personal memory. When my oldest son was five days old and freshly home from the hospital, I held him…
Read MoreSafe House is More Than a Building
Over the first nine months of our program year, Turning Point has provided Safe House services to 108 adults and 113 children fleeing domestic violence. While most of these individuals…
Read MoreThe Year in Review
If you see any of the same stuff as I do on social media, I’m sure you’ve come across posts lamenting 2016 as a terrible year. To be sure, it…
Read MoreLet’s All Rise & Make Some Noise!
One of my favorite stories about the birth of the victims’ rights movement is how Anne Pride, Executive Director of Pittsburgh Action Against Rape in 1980, refused to produce a…
Read MoreA message from our Executive Director
In 1995, some of you reading this may not have yet been born. A gallon of gas cost just over $1; a stamp cost only $.32. EBay and the DVD…
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