Janine Phillips | YWCA MV Support Group Coordinator “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never harm me.” How many of us memorized that singsong when we were children, using it as a shield against bullies? As a result, we grew up pretending that harmful words levelled at us are the norm,… Continue Reading Time to Weed the Garden of Your Vocabulary
Janine Phillips | YWCA MV Support Group Coordinator With 2023 in full swing, now is the perfect time to take a deep breath and reassess our lives. Spring has officially arrived (although Mohawk Valley weather might disagree with that!). Hopefully the brunt of winter snows has passed, and the days will continue to grow warmer… Continue Reading 2023: Your Year to Heal
How to Speak Up Against Discrimination in the Workplace By Megan Grams, Guest Blogger for YWCA Mohawk Valley Despite being criminalized across the country, discrimination still persists in American workplaces. A Vox report on workplace discrimination based on age, gender, race, and disability notes that while more than 100,000 Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) cases are closed each… Continue Reading Guest Blog: How to Speak Up Against Discrimination in the Workplace
Janine Phillips | YWCA MV Support Group Coordinator For many people, home is their haven and safe place as the world battles this international health crisis: Coronavirus, or COVID-19. But for many people, home is a battlefront of a different kind. Domestic violence doesn’t go away because we are facing a world-wide health pandemic. As… Continue Reading Staying Safe when Quarantined with an Abuser
How to Be an Ally to a Person Going Through Relationship Violence By Meaghan Curley, Guest Blogger for YWCA Mohawk Valley Odds are, you or someone you know is or has been in an abusive relationship. Domestic violence, or intimate partner violence (IPV), is a devastating reality for people across the globe, at the… Continue Reading Guest Blog: How to Be an Ally to a Person Going Through Relationship Violence