by hawc2023 | Jul 1, 2018 | Blog, Create Change, Good to Know, Law and Politics
Conversations surrounding immigration issues in America cover a wide variety of deeply complex, systemic issues. As these issues permeate more and more of the 24-Hour news cycle, it is essential to understand potential reasons for legal and illegal immigration and the...
by hawc2023 | Jun 12, 2018 | Blog, Create Change, Erasing the Stigma, Law and Politics
While domestic abuse touches all communities, systemic oppression has created a culture in which some communities have power dynamics and can obstruct a survivor’s path towards healing. Countless studies show that communities of color face higher rates of...
by hawc2023 | Jan 30, 2018 | Blog, Create Change, Good to Know, Law and Politics
With shooting, suicides, and abuse-related murder, 19 states and Washington, D.C. are considering legislation to introduce a new way to prevent gun violence in the future. Marilyn Balcerak of Washington state tried countless times to put obstacles between her autistic...
by hawc2023 | Jan 2, 2018 | Blog, Law and Politics
Each year, the FBI publishes statistics. This year, published rates of intimate partner violence were missing. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) publishes a yearly “Unified Crime Report.” Domestic abuse-related crimes aren’t the only...
by hawc2023 | Nov 30, 2017 | Blog, Good to Know, Law and Politics, Other forms of abuse
Recently, sexual assault at colleges and universities has been a major topic of discussion in the media. When we talk about assault on college campuses, people automatically assume we really mean sexual assault. This makes sense: according to the Bureau of Justice...
by hawc2023 | Nov 7, 2017 | Blog, Create Change, Law and Politics
This Monday, news broke about a shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas, which saw 26 people dead at a Texas church. Of course, HAWC joins the country in mourning another national tragedy, sending thoughts to the families of survivors and the small town that must now...
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