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How and Why We Need to Support Survivors: #TheEmptyChair and Ray Rice
In our mutual work to end domestic violence and sexual assault, it’s crucial that the starting point for our words and actions be those we work in service of: survivors.
We Need Your Support. Here's Why.
The stakes could not be higher. One in three women report being physically or sexually abused by a husband or boyfriend. Every two minutes, someone is sexually assaulted. More than five children die every day in this country as a result of child abuse and neglect.
This Matters
Testing rape kits send a fundamental and crucial message to victims of sexual violence: You matter. What happened to you matters. Your cases matter." - Mariska Hargitay
Self-Compassion In the Wake of a Shared Tragedy
Dear Joyful Heart Community,
We are deeply saddened by the shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina that took place on Wednesday night, and want to express our deepest condolences to the families, Black community and community at large affected by this violence.
Help End the Silence
If we have any chance of bringing real and lasting change, we have to take care of the people on the frontlines of helping survivors.
We're Calling on You
As we reflect on Joyful Heart’s journey, we feel deeply grateful to you—our joyful community. Together we are changing the way society talks about, thinks about and responds to victims of sexual assault, domestic violence and child abuse.
Joyful Heart's Response: Rice, McDonald and the Message We Need to Send
We owe it to survivors—and ourselves— to improve the criminal justice response to these crimes. To ensure that police and prosecutors make every effort to ensure survivors’ safety and to hold offenders accountable to the fullest extent possible.
Meet States on Skates
Four amazing women skating 2,800 miles—from Florida to California—to raise awareness about sexual assault and domestic violence, and $50,000 for the Joyful Heart Foundation.
