End The Silence, Stop The Violence

Quick Exit ✕ If you’re in immediate danger, call 911. 24/7 confidential help (U.S.): 1-800-799-7233 • Text START to 88788 • Chat at TheHotline.org . Use a safe device if possible and clear your browser history after visiting.     Photo by Stewart Munro on Unsplash   It’s been several years since I’ve written here. Life pulled me in many directions, and for a while, I stepped away from blogging — but I never stepped away from caring. This space was once named one of the top 100 resources for domestic violence, and while I was never in it for recognition, that has always reminded me that this work matters. Survivors matter. Their voices, their safety, their lives matter. Today, I return to this blog with a heavy heart and a renewed fire. Back in 2014, I wrote a post called “ Is the Law Failing Domestic Violence Victims/Survivors? ” At the time, I was fueled by frustration — by the stories of survivors who were doing everything they were “sup...

I hope that this post does not causes an uproar, but this is something that really needs to be discussed. I am not here to pass judgment in anyway, I am just simply here to state my opinion, explore a topic, and to start a discussion. There is something that has been troubling me lately and that something is the number of recent cases of children being killed under court-order supervision. I start to wonder how does that happen? Then I started to think about domestic violence and the laws in general. You see the law makers want us to uphold these laws and follow through, but they do not enforce the laws. It seems that LAW ENFORCEMENT has slowly disappeared. This is not to say that this is the case for everyone, but it is the case for most. The law tells those who are experiencing domestic violence to leave and get a restraining order. The restraining order is suppose to mean that the abuser cannot come near them, they also tell the person who is being abused not to have any contact...