Blog – Allies For Hope

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…

The Year in Review

December 19, 2016

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…

Let’s All Rise & Make Some Noise!

September 29, 2016

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…

A message from our Executive Director

April 6, 2016

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…