March 4th to March 10th was NO MORE Week 2018. NO MORE Week is dedicated to spreading awareness of sexual assault and domestic violence, and calling us as a community, state and nation to end these abuses. At Hopeful Horizons, we participated in the social media campaign by photographing staff members holding signs that declared NO MORE (insert type of violence here). As I took each of the staff members pictures declaring NO MORE Child Sexual Abuse, NO MORE Intimate Partner Homicide, NO MORE Campus Sexual Assault, etc., I reflected on social media’s capacity to educate and share stories of survivors. Last year, we saw the #MeToo movement come across our screens and give voices to actresses a
One of our biggest joys, is to have the opportunity to take a holistic approach to community building by working with families in Beaufort and Jasper counties through a program called the Strengthening Families Program (SFP). SFP is a 14-session resiliency-based family skills training program (which helps to reduce the chances of child abuse & creates a stronger family unit). This is an international evidence-based program that was originally developed in 1984. In the state of South Carolina, Hopeful Horizons is one of only 20 partner agencies who offer this amazing program to their local community. What makes SFP different from most parenting programs is that parents and children attend ses
