May 26, 2017 | Essay, Image, Veronica Wanchena
“My grief lies all within; and these external manners of lament are merely shadows to the unseen grief that swells with silence in the tortured soul.” – William Shakespeare Acceptance November 2006 Acrylic on Canvas 16 x 20 This quote from Shakespeare about...May 26, 2017 | Essay, R. De Santos
When I was nine, I sat, afraid, in a confession booth in the church I had been unwillingly dragged to nearly every Sunday of my life. The same church where I had been forced to sit and listen to the prayers and preaching of people I thought were full of shit. I always...May 26, 2017 | Essay, Letter, VersAnnette Blackman
” It’s bittersweet, this love I have for you. It mixes with the pain and creates beautiful art. So many times I wish I could have saved you. ” Daddy, I write to you as a grown woman with the broken heart of a little girl. If you were alive to see me now I...May 26, 2017 | Essay, Veronica Wanchena
” I did not settle for survival. ” He was born weak, innocent, dependent and vulnerable just like every other human person that has ever come into the world. He was somebody’s baby boy. He was named and baptized. He was born to a dirt-poor immigrant...May 26, 2017 | Essay, Katie Doerhoff
” They are breaking stereotypes by showing emotions as men, providing the strength and support a survivor needs to see. ” As a clinician working in the fight against sexual violence, I began my career with a skewed expectation of what my work would look...