by HEART Team | Apr 20, 2020 | Blog Posts, Domestic Violence, Mental Well-Being, Safe Communities, Sexual Violence, Uncategorized
Photo by Roman Kaiuk on Unsplash *Part I of a series of post related to the impact of COVID-19 by Navila Rashid Like ripples in water, the whole world is experiencing the waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. And with each wave, we are trying to find ways to cope with this...
by HEART Team | Mar 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
Photo by Ashkan Forouzani on Unsplash Given the heightened threat of COVID-19, we have been monitoring the situation daily and consulting key stakeholders, including our board, about our upcoming travel commitments. We have the added benefit of...
by HEART Team | Feb 27, 2020 | Guest Bloggers, Repro/Pelvic Health, Sex Education
Photo by Bill Oxford on Unsplash by Kimya Forouzan On March 4th, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case called June Medical Services v. Russo. The case arises from a Louisiana law which requires abortion providers to obtain admitting privileges at...
by HEART Team | Nov 8, 2019 | Community Accountability / Institutional Response, Safe Communities, Sexual Violence
Too often, institutional responses to power-based violence fall short for numerous reasons. First, they may fall short because they were not addressed in a timely manner–either because leadership did not know, or more likely, because those who spoke up were...
by HEART Team | Nov 8, 2019 | Institutional Accountability, Sexual Violence, Survivor Support
by the HEART team For the last ten years, HEART has been actively immersed in community education, institutional capacity building, and survivor advocacy. Recently, we have seen an uptick in allegations of misconduct, power-based violence, and spiritual abuse by...
