Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on April 28, 2011 · 2 Comments
Nancy Carroll is a PAS mother who has the leadership instincts of Gandhi and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. She has experienced more than her fair share of brutal abuse and hard knocks, but she keeps rolling. Literally. After her leg was shattered, she got in her wheelchair and kept on rolling to … Read more
Category OutrageousActs · Tagged with activist, child abuse, emPOWERment, family court reform, litigation abuse, Mothers of Lost Children, Nancy Carroll, parental alienation syndrome, PAS, Rights for Mothers, White House
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on August 4, 2009 · 2 Comments
Bloggers are the most creative people! A few months ago, I found this very clever “Just Being Real“ blog award. The blogger is a sexual abuse survivor who believes in breaking down the walls of silence surrounding violence against women and girls. Today, I discovered another very clever blog by Marcella Chester to: explore the messy … Read more
Since I started this site just over four months ago, I have struggled with how we can establish a community of people committed to the same vision. The folks at Barbados Free Press showed me how. I am ever so grateful to them.
So, I’m going to ask all you shy flowers who tend to visit without commenting to get some interaction going on. We’ll start with a poll. A Mom’s Random Mind asked this week why bloggers aren’t doing more to demand change. We are, but I think we’d be more effective if we had a community or forum or platform where we could gather and exchange ideas and information.
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on April 30, 2009 · 6 Comments
Today, in the spirit of the Ms. Foundation’s Outrageous Acts campaign, I want to give some shout-outs to folks doing great stuff. My hope is that we can all stop feeling alone in the wilderness and start building a vibrant virtual community to bring an end to the violence.
Category OutrageousActs · Tagged with activist, child abuse, dating abuse, domestic violence, emotional abuse, Eve Ensler, faith-based response to DV, Gloria Steinem, Just Being Real, MsFoundationOutrageousActs, Schweitzer Fellows, Sean Combs, self-care, Tyler Perry
We all have talents. My hope is that while visiting this web site you will be inspired to leverage your talents to change the current domestic violence paradigm. While we may not be feminist activists like Gloria Steinem, we can certainly accept her invitation to do one outrageous act in the cause of simple justice. She believes we’ll discover the world will be a better place and we’ll have fun in the process.
To celebrate Ms. Steinmen’s 75th birthday, the Ms. Foundation launched their Outrageous Acts campaign which flows from Ms. Steinem’s essays in Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions.
Category Leadership, OutrageousActs · Tagged with activist, American Bar Association's Domestic Violence Commission, books, Carole May, Coaching Boys into Men, domestic violence, Elena Hanajenko, Gloria Steinem, Kathy Gill, Ms. Foundation, MsFoundationOutrageousActs, Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions, Shalom Bayit
