We’ve had a busy holiday season full of outreach events, conferences, program reviews, new staff, and new clients seeking services. Like many of you, we’re ready for the calm long winter nights to rest and recharge. In this month’s article we’d like to introduce our two new advocates, Joy McCoy and Lisa Shamblin.
Category: Monthly Blog Posts
Haven December Article
In this month’s article we’re focusing on how difficult holidays can be for victims of domestic violence and those that love them.
Haven November Article
October was Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a time we focused on providing education and outreach about domestic violence and our services. However, we believe it’s important to take more than just one month a year to do that. So, this month’s article is about defining what exactly domestic violence is. We often hear “it can’t be domestic violence…they didn’t hit me”. “It’s not domestic violence…we’re married, and he/she just likes to know where I am at all times and give me an allowance”.
Haven October Article
Fall is here, the leaves are changing and we’re starting to feel cooler weather. With colder weather we tend to be indoors more and when you’re in an abusive relationship, being in close contact can be dangerous. As an advocate, we often hear, if it’s so dangerous why don’t people just leave? The answer isn’t as simple as we’d like it to be.
