Blog – Allies For Hope

Recognizing, Responding, and Helping Teens in Abusive Relationships

January 22, 2025

As kids get older, the adults in their life often know less about their daily lives.  It’s part of the normal process of growing up – they need to start…

Self-care for the New Year

December 30, 2024

As we start the new year it can feel like everywhere we turn we’re hearing about self-care and resolutions to be our best selves. Most of us have a good…

Stalking Awareness Month: Know it- Name It- Stop it

December 20, 2024

January marks National Stalking Awareness Month (NSAM), with Stalking Awareness Day of Action on January 18th. We urge you to join us in recognizing and addressing the very serious crime…

From Assumptions to Awareness: What I Learned About Rights from Angelina Jolie’s Know Your Rights

December 5, 2024

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…

Man Enough

October 1, 2024

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…

In a Day’s Work: From the Mundane to the Mission

November 14, 2019

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…

But Is It Enough?

October 26, 2018

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,…

My Confession to Other Parents & Caregivers

January 29, 2018

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…

Safe House is More Than a Building

May 5, 2017

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…