April is Child Abuse Prevention and Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and one of the events Hopeful Horizons hosts is Take Back the Night. Back in the 1970s, a group of women came together in solidarity to combat the violence committed against themselves and other women. These brave women wanted to tell the world that it was not okay to violate their bodies through assault or abuse. In other words, they came together to say that they were going to take back the night! Today, Take Back the Night is an annual, international event for communities to come together and say we support survivors of sexual assault and child abuse and that we will not allow this violence to happen in our communities. A
Recently, Hopeful Horizons participated in the national social media campaign to say “No More” to domestic violence and sexual assault. The goal of the No More campaign is to raise awareness of domestic violence and sexual assault and to unite our voices internationally to call for an end to the violence. For the staff at Hopeful Horizons, saying “no more” to these things goes beyond a catchy slogan, but rather is a mantra for their daily work of providing safety and healing for victims of child abuse, domestic violence and sexual assault. Our advocates have worked with college women sexually assaulted and not supported by their universities because “boys will be boys.” As a result of such
Click here to watch our latest interview on WHHI's Talk of the Town. We were able to talk about our merger, our efforts to end abuse + change lives and our new satellite office in Bluffton.
