Transitioning Times

As we begin to wrap up National Human Trafficking Awareness Month, I am encouraged. On January 10 th , Transitions hosted a screening of the film I am Jane Doe , at the Campus Theatre in Lewisburg. We saw over 300 people from this community come out to watch a film about child sex trafficking. ( http://www.dailyitem.com/news/local_news/campus-theatre-screens-documentary-on-sex-trafficking/article_e84d3178-6023-5452-b0e2-f071fa217f7a.html )   I still remember in high school when I would talk about trafficking with my peers, teachers, etc. and they thought I was crazy. It's wonderful to see the turn around in awareness and support of this issue. I've been rallying around this cause for 10+ years, and I watched the change in attitude. Though there is still so much to be done, this has become a topic people care about and are invested in changing. Combatting human trafficking was my passion for many years. In pursuit of that dream, I got involved with Transitions as an und...

Many of you know of the recent events that occurred in Charlottesville, VA. The one where white supremacists and Neo-Nazis and the KKK had a rally shouting things like “Jews will not replace us,” “White lives matter,” and “Blood and soil.” During this rally a terrorist used his car to plow into a crowd of people, killing one and injuring many others. You can watch a 20-minute documentary from VICE on the events here: https://news.vice.com/story/vice-news-tonight-full-episode-charlottesville-race-and-terror This event was abhorrent. Why am I addressing a racist event on a blog for a domestic violence, sexual assault, and other crimes? Because all forms of injustice intersect somewhere. People of color experience sexual assault, and other abuse at higher rates. When we allow racism to abound, we allow the continued oppression of people of color in many forms, including sexual violence, domestic violence, and other crimes. Racism is about seeing one people group or r...