This summer, the hallways of Shelterhouse Midland’s business side were laid with plastic and filled with the buzzing, clicking, and hammering sounds of construction. Being a trauma-informed facility, the gentle… [ Read More ]
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Support Resources for LGBTQIA+ identifying Survivors of Sexual Assault or Domestic Violence:
In honor of pride month, we’ve compiled a list of community resources that empower and uplift LGBTQIA+ folx in Michigan! Now, more than ever is the time to come together… [ Read More ]
Governor Whitmer Proclaims May As Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
WHEREAS, the month of May was chosen for Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month to commemorate the immigration of the first Japanese people to the United States on… [ Read More ]
Wanda J. Merriweather Receives Visionary Voice Award From The National Sexual Violence Resource Center
PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Honorees include lawmakers, advocates, activists, forensic nurses, local organizations, and more HARRISBURG, PA – The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) announced today 29 recipients… [ Read More ]
MCEDSV Welcomes Human Trafficking Reform Bills
As we seek to upend oppression and end domestic and sexual violence, addressing human trafficking is naturally woven into that work. Human trafficking has been accurately referred to as… [ Read More ]
MCEDSV Applauds U.S. House’s Votes for VAWA Reauthorization & to Support Services for Victims of Crime
Full PDF from MCEDSV: 2021 VAWA VOCA fix press release House For immediate release: MCEDSV Applauds U.S. House’s Votes for VAWA Reauthorization & to Support Services for Victims of… [ Read More ]
Supreme Court Names Domestic Violence Coalition’s Elly Jordan to ‘Justice for All’ Commission
LANSING, MI, January 29, 2021 – Michigan Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence Survivor Law Clinic Lead Attorney Elinor “Elly” Jordan has been appointed by order of the Michigan Supreme Court to the newly-created Justice for… [ Read More ]
MCEDSV RELEASES NEW HUMAN TRAFFICKING TOOLKIT FOR DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICE PROVIDERS IN MICHIGAN
PRESS RELEASE January 14, 2020 For Immediate Release MCEDSV RELEASES NEW HUMAN TRAFFICKING TOOLKIT FOR DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICE PROVIDERS IN MICHIGAN Human trafficking has been described as… [ Read More ]
January 2021 – National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
In 2007, the U.S. Senate designated January 11th as National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness. The measure was never passed by the House of Representatives. Anti-trafficking advocates have continued to… [ Read More ]
Community Care Is Essential
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence. It is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” – Audre Lorde Audre Lorde was an influential Black feminist, poet, activist,… [ Read More ]