Endorsement: Jay Inslee for Washington State Governor
My choice for governor was far from easy. Attorney General Rob McKenna has been a staunch supporter of DV survivors, and I had fully intended to enthusiastically support his candidacy for […]
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DV Awareness 2012: Celebrating Purple Ribbons and Logos
Since I couldn’t find a local DV Awareness event to attend this year, I decided to celebrate instead with a gallery of my favorite purple ribbons and logos. The National […]
Celebrating Purple in October: Half the Sky Documentary on PBS Tonight
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Pulitzer Prize-winning Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn is a best-selling, critically-acclaimed book that has become a PBS documentary and worldwide human […]
This Is a Day that God Has Made! Wow! We Are Silent No More!
Julie Owens posted this beautiful photo with its inspiring message on my Facebook wall. Ms. Owens is a DV survivor and fierce advocate. She’s an expert on PTSD in DV […]
If You Can’t Run a Campaign, Can You Run the White House?
For sixty years of my life, I have volunteered on political campaigns. I was just three years old when I first rang a doorbell for the late, great Sen. Paul […]
Bravo, Washington Post: Shining a Bright Light on Judicial Incompetence in DV Cases
We have a pandemic of judicial incompetence in family courts throughout the United States. The Center for Judicial Excellence is doing a phenomenal job of removing these judges one judge […]
Romney’s Top Priority: Elimination of the Safety Net for Abuse Survivors
$100 billion a year comes by taking Medicaid, which is the health care program for the poor as well as food stamps, and housing vouchers. -Mitt Romney on CBS News, […]
Romney Hood: Why I’m Loving Mittens’ VP Choice
Go ahead, make my day. – Clint Eastwood, Sudden Impact (Romney backer) Mitt Romney gave Pres. Barack Obama and former Pres. Bill Clinton the best birthday gifts ever: He chose […]
Bravo, Kit Gruelle! Survivor, Graduate, and Director of PRIVATE VIOLENCE
DV survivor and advocate Kit Gruelle recently graduated from Appalachian State University in North Carolina. Bravo! She is now free to focus on the completion of her documentary Private Violence […]
Photos: Seattle’s Inaugural Refuse to Abuse 5K
We have arrived, y’all! I was so excited that I got up before breakfast on Saturday morning to take a bus into Seattle to cover the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence’s […]
Anne Caroline Drake 