Ask SAFE: How do I intervene when I hear something that isn’t right?

May 17, 2018

Interrupting a problematic joke or statement doesn’t have to be confrontational. It can be as simple as saying, “Hey, that is not cool.”

Giving a voice to the forgotten

March 16, 2018

What I found most tragic about Pam’s story was how we, society, failed her. If you are a person with a disability and are experiencing abuse, there is help.

Rewriting the script on teen dating violence

February 9, 2018

Young men in these situations find themselves engulfed in emotions they may not even be able to identify with no one to talk to when they are overwhelmed.

SAFE: ‘We believe her, we support her, and we stand in solidarity with her’

January 25, 2018

Laura Monterrosa is a Salvadoran woman whose allegations of repeated sexual assault by a guard at the T. Don Hutto Detention Center in Texas went ignored.

Abuse and assault: It happens to people with disabilities, too (more than you think)

January 19, 2018

As a woman with a severe physical disability, the recent NPR series about people with disabilities and abuse is extremely important to me.

A take on Time’s Person of the Year — ‘The world is listening’

December 11, 2017

Energy is spreading between survivors, through offices, entire cities, and across continents. It is an overwhelming, energizing, exhausting, important time.

Another one bites the dust

November 30, 2017

Is this a flash in the pan, or will sexual harassment and assault slide back into complacency and dark corners? This is a door that should never be closed.

Take action to make a difference

November 9, 2017

The connection between domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, and mass shootings will become more acute unless we all take action to stop the cycle

SAFE statement: Domestic violence tied to Sutherland Springs shooting

November 6, 2017

Domestic violence is often a warning sign for mass shootings. Various forms of violence overlap and intersect rather than occur independently.

Ending a violent relationship ≠ end of violence

October 27, 2017

An Austin man was charged with criminal solicitation to commit murder. The ex-girlfriend had been in an abusive relationship with the man before leaving.