January 2020 - Greenville, MS Volume 14
Voices Making a Difference - Newsletter
January 23, 2020 Upcoming Local Training
Stalking & Human Trafficking: Know It! Name IT! Stop IT!

Please join us for our upcoming FREE training. The speaker is Paula Broome, Attorney General's Office, Jackson, MS. The MVSU Department of Social Work will offer 3.5 general CEUs for $35/on site only. There is no cost to Law Enforcement for CEUs.

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January 25, 2020 - Youth Summit
What the Ship Is Up? Teen Summit 2020

CONTENT AREAS - Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, and Stalking; Underserved Populations

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MCADV - January's Newsletter

Stalking is the purposeful following, watching or harassment of another individual. It typically occurs repeatedly and over an extended period of time. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 7.5 million people are...

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January is Stalking and Human Trafficking Awareness Month
Bought and Sold: How One Woman Survived Human Trafficking

Lee* met her trafficker when she was just 18 years old. He was 28. She told him she wanted to get into the escorting business. In her mind, it was a means to an end, with that end being staying away from the...

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Stalking Awareness Month | Stalking Awareness &...

January 2019 marks the fifteenth annual National Stalking Awareness Month (NSAM), an annual call to action to recognize and respond to the serious crime of stalking.

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SELF CARE:
Summary written by Mrs. Dilworth Ricks, Culturally Specific Victim Service Advocate

Be better to yourself in 2020. As we enter the new year and people are making their New Year’s Resolution, let’s intentionally make taking care of ourselves a priority. 

Here are some of our favorite tips for self care taken from an easy read 34-page paperback book entitled “Self-Care After Sexual Assault: 10 Ways to Start Healing” by Alison Jennings. According to Amazon, this book is a road map for anyone who has been or may have been sexually assaulted.

Whether you (or someone you know) have been recently assaulted or were decades ago, you will gain insight into how you can take care of yourself. Mind, body, and spirit all need to be tended to after a traumatic event like sexual assault. The author speaks from her own two experiences with sexual assault. Not designed to take the place of therapy, physical help, or legal matters... but to act as a guide to reach healing.
Links

Domestic Violence
MSCASA
MCADV

RAINN-Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network
National Domestic Violence Hotline

Our House, Inc.

SPECIAL NOTE : We do not endorse the purchasing of any items. We are ONLY sharing information that may be useful to survivors and advocates.
January 2020 is the beginning of a new century.
20/20 vision is the norm and for Our House staff, the norm is not enough we must decrease interpersonal violence from our community.

We are so very thankful and forever grateful for this upcoming year of unbelievable blessings.

This is a year of caring for self as well as others. We have always focused on the care for our survivors and the actions of breaking the generational cycle of violence in our youth. This year, we are going to enhance our care for our volunteers and staff. They are the forerunners of help to others.

This is our 25th anniversary year. Our celebration will kick off in October. During the months leading up to our anniversary, our board, staff, volunteer and survivors will be critically assessing all of our current services to provide the necessary maintenance and enhancement of our programs.

We believe in Miracles at Our House, Inc. We plan to continue to be a place of ministry, healing and peace. With your help, our agency will continue to help save lives in the Mississippi Delta.

The Gift of Love......is welcome at all times.

Sincerely,
Dr. Patricia Ann Davenport
CEO/Co-Founder
Our House, Inc.
662-334-6873 office * 662-332-5683 hotline voices@ourhousevoices.com * www.ourhousevoices.com
VISION STATEMENT: A world free of interpersonal violence.

MISSION STATEMENT: To lead, empower and inspire change by eliminating domestic violence and sexual violence through intervention, prevention, prosecution, victim protection and sustainable restoration in rural communities; and, to enhance the lives of survivors of interpersonal violence by providing services that meet the psychological, spiritual and cultural needs of those we serve.