Can you have a relationship before you’re fully emotionally healed? Emotional healing is so necessary after experiencing a traumatic event. Trauma is a difficult thing to work through, from any cause. It is important to recognise trauma, hard as it Read More
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: More Than Just a Portrait
If you’ve ever been to the Philadelphia Museum of Art or taken an art history class, you’ve probably seen the Portrait of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. While the painting itself is impressive in its own right, the subject Read More
The 5 Biggest Sex Trafficking Myths Debunked
We might have actor Liam Neeson to thank for getting us riled up about sex trafficking. After all, as the very angry father of a young woman kidnapped to be sold as a sex slave in the Taken (2008) film Read More
How Women Become Vulnerable to Human Trafficking
Human trafficking occurs all around the world, and in each and every one of the 50 United States. It is estimated that there are over 40 million global victims and hundreds of thousands in the United States. While the United Read More
It’s Time To Catch Up: the Carl D. Perkins Act
Traveling Backwards In 1984, the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act was enacted into law. The purpose of this act was to promote career and technical education (CTE) programs through federal funding. When this law was originally passed, Read More
How Foster Care Youth Become Human Trafficking Victims
There are over 400,000 kids in the United States child welfare system, more commonly known as foster care. These children and teens typically face myriad barriers, such as the lack of a permanent and stable family, and limited access to Read More
How Does Sex Trafficking Happen?
You may think that human trafficking happens somewhere far away and to people much different from yourself. But the truth is: human trafficking exists in every country in the world, and possibly even in your hometown. In the United States, Read More
Broadening Our Women’s Issues Advocacy to the LGBTQIA+ Community
Why we must make efforts to extend our love and advocacy to the LGTBQIA+ community. Broadening the Initiative Each year we celebrate Pride Month to recognize the hardships that the LGBTQIA+ community face as they struggle for acceptance and equality. Read More
A Crisis Within A Crisis: The Disparate Experience of Refugee Women
Today is World Refugee Day, an internationally recognized day for a crisis that has swelled the corners of the world and is proliferating every day. The word “refugee” stems from the French word réfugié, originally referring only to Protestants who Read More
Breaking Paternal Gender Roles in Parenting
Redefining gender roles in parenting and what it means to be a father. What is the Role of a Father? With Father’s Day coming up this June, it is the perfect time to acknowledge the consequences of enforcing strict, parental Read More