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A Whole New Meaning to Purple Friday
Along with thousands of others across Maryland, our staff just celebrated our first Purple Friday of the season. We have a long-running office football pool, and each week a miniature traveling statue...
View ArticleJoin the #NEVERMORE Campaign!No more victims. No more violence. #NEVERMORE
The problem of domestic violence is larger than the one man being spotlighted in the NFL today. One in three women in the US will be a victim of sexual violence, intimate partner violence or stalking...
View ArticleJoin the #NEVERMORE Campaign! No more victims. No more violence. #NEVERMORE
The problem of domestic violence is larger than the one man being spotlighted in the NFL today. One in three women in the US will be a victim of sexual violence, intimate partner violence or stalking...
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WeWillSpeakOut.US participates in “Broken Silence” forum in Oregon
R ick Santos, president and CEO of IMA World Health, was keynote speaker at a community forum Sept. 4 to discuss “What Religious Leaders Don’t Know about Domestic and Sexual Violence (and why it...
View ArticlePress Release: Will the Baltimore Ravens reinvent Purple Friday?
For Immediate Release Media Contacts: Emily Esworthy (410) 635-8799 emilyesworthy@wewillspeakout.us Christopher Glass 443-547-0278 (mobile) chrisglass@wewillspeakout.us WeWillSpeakOut.US launches...
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Playing the Blame Game
Since the release of the Ray Rice video and the ensuing commentary behind it, several voices have come out of the woodwork to place blame on one figure or another. Blame Roger Goodell for only giving...
View ArticleSexual and Gender Based Violence: How do faith leaders respond?
September 26, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Chris Glass, IMA Associate Director of Communications 443-547-0278 / 410-635-8743 / chrisglass@imaworldhealth.org Lauren Taylor, Director of Research...
View ArticleRecap: Faith leaders discuss sexual and gender-based violence at Harvard...
In June, a survey conducted for Sojourners and IMA World Health showed that a number of pastors nationwide are ill-equipped to handle and address issues of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in...
View ArticleDomestic Violence: A Historical Shadow
by Cass Clemmer October was first celebrated as Domestic Violence Awareness month in 1981, which means we have had 33 years of activists pressuring our nation to take action. 33 years of limited...
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Speak Out Sunday: An Annual Day for Churches to Speak Out
This post originally appeared on the See the Triumph blog. By Emily Esworthy, Secretariat of the WeWillSpeakOut.US coalition I have been working with the WeWillSpeakOut.US coalition for over two...
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Faith, Culture and Violence Workshop a Success!
On Thursday, October 2, WeWillSpeakOut.US and IMA World Health hosted a workshop called “Faith, Culture and Violence” for pastors from our local Carroll County, Maryland, area. Our goals were to...
View ArticleGLOBAL WOMAN P.E.A.C.E. FOUNDATION “WALK TO END FGM” A GREAT SUCCESS!
November 12, 2014: Fairfax, VA. – WeWillSpeakOut.US member Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation (GWPF) was joined by its partners and supporters on Saturday, November 8th on the Washington National Mall...
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STARTING THE CONVERSATION: VICTIM TAKES SEXUAL VIOLENCE ISSUE TO CHURCH
Guest post by Danielle Tudor I’m writing this post on November 11, 2014 – 35 years to the day since I was raped. Outside, Portland’s east winds are rushing down the Columbia River Gorge and whistling...
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Donor Profile: Rev. Ken Kovacs
Kenneth Kovacs goes beyond the walls of his Maryland church to help others. Way beyond. The pastor of Catonsville Presbyterian Church has traveled all over the world, including multiple trips to...
View ArticleReflections on the WWSO International Strategy Meeting
By Emily Esworthy/IMA World Health and WeWeWillSpeakOut.US On November 24th, I had the pleasure of joining together in London with several members of the international We Will Speak Out coalition....
View ArticleWWSO.US Oregon speaks out live on KBOO Community Radio
On Friday, November 21, Rhonda Case — the co-coordinator for the Oregon chapter of WeWillSpeakOut.US — was interviewed live on KBOO Community Radio. According to its website, KBOO is a...
View Article5 Self-Care Tips for Survivors of Emotional Abuse
Most of us have a pretty good knowledge about what goes into domestic abuse – or at least we think we do. We read the stories this past year on Ray Rice’s despicable physical assault on his now-wife...
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Disney’s Darkside
By Cass Clemmer Disney is a magical world where wishes on stars always come true and love ends happily ever after…or maybe not. Have you ever considered that there may be something more sinister just...
View ArticleYou’re Invited: Side Event at UN Commission on the Status of Women
The We Will Speak Out International, US and South Africa coalitions are pleased to invite you to a parallel event at the United Nations’ 59th Commission on the Status of Women. Global Faith...
View ArticleTalking to your Teen about Domestic Violence
by Cass Clemmer Talking about sex with your kid is hard enough, but having to bring up sexual and gender based violence? That’s a whole new obstacle in itself. But February is Teen Domestic Violence...
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