Addressing Sexual Harassment and Abuse
This is such an important, watershed moment for addressing sexual harassment and abuse in America and I fear simple-mindedness may cause us to fumble. As a woman, I have seen victims of sexual harassment and violence be mocked, shamed, dismissed,…
Sexual Assault of Black Men: What we don’t want to talk about.
Guest post by Ruby Bouie Johnson LCSW Writing about sexual assault. BlackSexGeek, Sexuality Educator and Counselor, and Clinical Social Worker in private practice in Plano, Texas. Every 98 seconds, in the United States, someone is sexually assaulted. Sexual assault has…
Want to fix a problem? The first step is to name it.
Originally posted at Elizabeth Anne Wood Consulting Therapists commonly tell their clients that you need to name a problem before you can fix it, and this is just as true for social change as it is for individual change. Still,…
Woodhull Joins 156 Civil and Human Rights Groups in Call for Stronger Response to Hate Incidents
This is a press release from The Leadership Conference. Please find the original post here. WASHINGTON –The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and 155 civil and human rights groups today called upon the Executive Branch to respond more…
Amplifying Voices: Stephanie S. Franklin, Esq.
by Guest Blogger: Stephanie S. Franklin, Esq. Dear Family, I am writing these words to you with a tormented and infuriated soul. My heart hanging heavy watching, thinking and reflecting on the events of this week, prior months, years and centuries…