calculating thoughts of this man that made noises to which she was not privy, she would have heard the sound of a checkmark landing in a box signaling the completion of Step 2: Establish a Commitment. Please keep reading these month by month - Black women need you to understand how it really goes. Blessings. By Courageous Fire DV Advocate & Founder of Courageous Fire, LLC 1. Courageous Access is our new non-profit, 501(c)3! We are expanding how we change the narrative. The nonprofit arm has a mission to provide holistic supportive services to Black female descendants of slaves who have experienced domestic and or intimate partner violence; promoting pathways of healing through selfreliance and healthy legacy. You are welcome to make your tax-deductible donation right here: Donate 2. Courageous Access and Courageous Fire, LLC will be differentiated by one being the entity that serves the women and the other being the woman who speaks, trains, etc. Over the course of the next 12 months, you will see the programming from the LLC moving over to the non-profit. 3. Courageous Access already has board, professional volunteer, and internship openings! Click here to access our Opportunities page on our Courageous Access website. Click here to apply directly through Facebook 4. Great news, DV Survivors! Now there is a place you can go to find out what is best to do in the first 30 days after separation from the abuser!! I will continue to convert my life experience into educational currency, and this is no different. Click right here to see an excerpt from the Day #1 and sign up at the same time: Subscribe to Beyond the Abuse 5. If you’re not a survivor and just want to keep up with what’s going on, here’s how to subscribe to our newsletter: CFire LLC Blog News 6. In a relationship? Make sure it’s healthy: Healthy Relationship Wheel Illustration. Or go to TheHotline.org, or Phone: 800-799-7233 7. In an abusive relationship? a. Call us to get connected to a Community Safe Space to begin safety planning, 515-428-0077 b. At the Community Safe Space, talk to The Hotline.org to commence safety planning 8. Survivor and stable in your new life? Sign up for Empowerment through the Arts™; avoid future DV cycles: Foundation REconstruct: Empowerment through the Arts™ Endnotes 1. Blackburn.org article: Black Women & Domestic Violence. 2. Indiana article, Virginia article 3. Deja is a fictional character who represents Black women interviewed or researched 4. Average age of Black women DV victimsurvivors interviewed by Hillary Potter for “Battle Cries” per pp 227-228 Appendix B. 5. DV is the widely-accepted abbreviation for domestic violence. It is also referred to as IPV or intimate partner violence. 6. Definition combined from Courageous Fire, LLC DV Awareness™ training curriculum and National Domestic Violence Hotline definition 7. Deja has many meanings, one of which is “something that has already happened”. 8. ACEs chart as given by The Philadelphia ACEs Project US TRUTHS 17
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