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Honoring A Survivor’s Voice
Daisy Coleman lived a life dedicated to helping survivors of sexual assault by advocating for better education in schools about prevention strategies and how to recognize and respond to the impact that sexual assault has on youth. Daisy didn’t easily choose this role,...
Tips For Talking to Kids About The Birds And The Bees
Having a good understanding about sex and sexuality starting from a young age allows us to foster healthy relationships for later in life. Talking to our youth about this subject is difficult, scaring and uncomfortable. Sex education is a sensitive subject and not...
A Fresh Start For Men And Boys Health Awareness Month
June is Men’s Health Awareness month and in 2020 the theme is a “Fresh Start”. At a time when we have spent the last few months staying at, or close to, home while having limited engagement with others this seems very appealing. 2020 is also the start of...
Understanding The Importance Of Choices When You Don’t Have Many In Your Life
Have you ever felt frustrated because you thought your feelings were not considered about a decision being made? Have you ever felt frustrated towards a caregiver because they made an assumption on how you may feel about something? Having the ability to make decisions...
Victim Blaming and Sexual Assault Awareness Month
April is sexual assault awareness month. Sexual assault is typically defined as, “illegal sexual contact that usually involves force upon a person without consent or is inflicted upon a person who is in capable of giving consent”. Given this definition, there are many...
TheraPAWtic Benefits: How can our pets be helpful to us when dealing with distress?
TheraPAWtic Benefits It was a Thursday night at 7:15 pm. I just got home from a long day at work and nothing had been going right all day, in neither my personal nor my professional life. After I realized I came home to an empty house (no other humans), I immediately...
Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month Highlighting An LGBTQ+ Lens
You claimed to love me. But did you really? Is it really love if you make me feel worthless? Is it really love if you tell me I will never succeed? Is it really love if you so easily left when I clearly needed you most? You claimed to love me. But did you really? Is...
Human Trafficking Awareness Month
Human Trafficking Awareness Month My name is Sarah J. and I am a member of Cape Cod PATH: People Against Trafficking Humans. January is National Human Trafficking Awareness Month. So – what exactly is human trafficking? The Department of Homeland Security defines...
Spring is in the Air
Spring is in the air and warmer weather is right around the corner. But everyone should always remember to be cautious of their relationships and what’s happening in them. Always remember there’s no time in your life when you can’t be affected by dating abuse, it can...