To be the teen…
“Who would believe them in that aspect of empathy enough to provide the comfort they needed after facing such detrimental levels of trust?”
Learning During Human Trafficking Prevention Month
There is not a gender, race, nationality, or sexual-orientation that is immune to human trafficking.
Teen Dating Violence Awareness: Krista’s Story
With February being Teen Dating Violence Awareness month, BTSADV blogger Krista shares her story of meeting her abuser as a teenager and how it shaped her story for years to come.
Purple Alerts: Can They Help Victims?
The Purple Alert may or may not be the right answer, but the fact remains that society is not doing enough to protect victims. Too often, with the lack of support from the police, families are forced to work on their own to find their missing loved ones.
My Survivor Story
In March 2019, I began dating a man with whom I lived with in the back of a refrigerated truck. The first 24 hours we were together, he held an axe over my head, and tried to convince me he was my boyfriend I had dated long-term reciting details of our personal life, with whom […]
My Story Erikah Ojaniemi, Survivor
I’d like to share my story with everyone. Let me start off here, my name is Erikah, I’m 28 years old and domestic violence ultimately ruined the rest of my life. And it all started when I met my children’s father in February 2006 when I was 15 years old. A couple of months before […]