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Safe Places SafeBlog · 3M ago

A Bright 2012 for Safe Places

This is the Tenth Anniversary Year for Safe Places, and it is truly a milestone for us. You will find us celebrating all year, and especially on our specific anniversary date - December 4, 2012.New happenings are occurring every day including adding Nicolas Mayerhoeffer to our staff as Director of D
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Safe Places SafeBlog · 1Y ago

VISIONARIES

Before us is a rare opportunity to tell our story to persons in 70 million households. If that happens, what might the results be?Increased support?More people praying for our clients and their well-being?Persons who have been victimized find a source of help and hope?Perhaps we would realize all th
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Safe Places SafeBlog · 1Y ago

Failure to Protect: The Crisis in America’s Family Courts

by Cara Tabachnick Thursday, May 6th, 2010 2:00 am When a mother’s bitter custody battle ends with the death of her child, something has gone terribly wrong with the system. Wyatt Garcia was born in April 2009. Nine months later, he was shot and killed by his father, who then turned the gun on
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Safe Places SafeBlog · 2Y ago

Who Should Answer for Yeardley Love's Murder?

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Safe Places SafeBlog · 2Y ago

Child Abuse Causes Lifelong Changes To DNA Expression And Brain

This study confirms what many in the trauma field already know - that child abuse permanently alters the brain. Now we know it also alters DNA - so it can actually impact evolution. The stress response - cortisol - apparently can seriously change brain function (shrinking the hippocampus and enlargi
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Safe Places SafeBlog · 2Y ago

Safe Places Sexual Violence Support Center

Safe Places now provides a comprehensive range of services to victims of sexual violence in Pulaski County, and statewide through a toll-free sexual violence crisis line.Crisis intervention, trauma counseling, support groups, hospital accompaniment, criminal justice advocacy, and other supportive se
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Safe Places SafeBlog · 2Y ago

Family Violence: Collateral Damage

"Domestic Violence" We have heard it so much, it begins to mean nothing to us. "Domestic Violence" is a sterile way to say, "Violence is happening in my family - in my home, in the one place I should feel safe and protected. In some ways the term itself, and the services we currently provide
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Safe Places SafeBlog · 2Y ago

It's Not about the Prince!

We just completed our second annual Cinderella Ball - an enchanting evening and an enormous success for Safe Places. The young women ages 12-17 who participated in our Cinderella Princess Leadership Program ended their year of education and community service by being presented (debutante-style) at t
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Safe Places SafeBlog · 3Y ago

"52 Days of Domestic Violence Flu in America"

I just had to use Safe Places SafeBlog to publish the following Blog post written by former San Diego City Attorney, Casey Gwinn, Esq.This week I have been reflecting on those that would choose to ignore the importance of dealing with domestic violence in America. After over 30 years of the modern
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Safe Places SafeBlog · 3Y ago

A Tragic Anniversary of a Tragic Day

Remembering Columbine High School April 20, 1999 Teenage shooters spilled the blood of children before Columbine - in Alaska, Arkansas, Mississippi and Oregon. After Columbine, more blood was shed in Minnesota and California, in Germany and Finland. The rampage at Columbine High School
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