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Welcome to the Joyful Heart Blog
Good morning! We are so excited to be launching our newest online effort, the Joyful Heart Blog. Over the last year, we've gotten a lot of feedback from our growing community of supporters that has shown us that many of you want more exposure to the type of work that we do at the Joyful Heart Foundation. Well, we've heard you, and the JHB is the first in many projects designed to allow our community to feel even more connected to Joyful Heart and to each other. Information on the blog will be organized into four main categories:
2011 - Seven Who Create New Visions of Change
Cleaning the streets of Los Angeles in 1992, which were trashed by a community after the acquittal of police accused of beating Rodney King, provided an epiphany for Maile Zambuto, a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and a college rape.
2011: The Year of National Rape Kit Backlog Reform
The end of a year inspires bold predictions for the next one. At the end of this year, I am predicting that 2011 will be a year of unprecedented reform of the backlog of untested rape kits in the United State
Telling Amy's Story -- It's Time to Talk
On November 19, 2010, a 20-year-old college student named Jenni-Lyn Watson was killed while she was home in New York for Thanksgiving break. Police arrested her 21-year-old ex-boyfriend, who they say was upset about Watson's wishes to end their relationship. Police say he had left her body in a park near her home, hidden under debris.
Private Practice takes on dark subject of rape
Private Practice is the latest in a long line of prime-time television shows that have used rape, and its related issues as a fodder for dramatic storytelling.
SHAPE's Women Who Shape the World: Meet the Top 8 Women Who Care
Mariska Hargitay: Turning victims into survivors.
Obama, Biden mark Domestic Violence Awareness Month with new programs
President Obama and Vice President Biden plan to announce a host of government-wide efforts to reduce domestic and sexual violence and end the cycle of abuse that affects primarily women and children.
Mariska Hargitay Helps Survivors Heal On and Off 'SVU'
The Law & Order: SVU star speaks out about the rights of rape victims and what she's learned from Olivia Benson.
Jennifer Love Hewitt Calls SVU Role "Raw"
On Wednesday's episode of Law & Order: SVU, Jennifer Love Hewitt guest-stars as Vicki, a woman who has been repeatedly raped by the same man for more than a decade.
