Anyone who has read some of my articles in this web site’s Domestic Violence Information section knows that I grew up in almost constant fear of my father.

He was a trusted leader in our church. [more...]

Regular visitors to this site know that I work as a full-time volunteer for a local domestic violence center and shelter. I serve as a legal advocate, care for groups of preschool to teenage children during their mothers’ DV support groups, configure donated PCs to make them safe and secure for survivors to use in their homes, scan and burn CDs of survivors’ Safety Plan documents, pick up and deliver donated food from a local restaurant to the DV center and shelter, and [more...]

Michelle Major is an artist and a teacher.

A creative type.

And a nurturer. [more...]

As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a survivor of domestic violence, so I consider it an honor to work as a full-time volunteer at a domestic violence center and shelter. Along with serving as a legal advocate, I’m happy to help out wherever and whenever I’m needed.

This past Tuesday night, I was helping take care of a group of 12-15 kids of all ages [more...]

Regular readers of this Journal know that I work as a full-time volunteer at a domestic violence center and shelter, and that one of the many things that I do there is setup and configure old, donated PCs for domestic violence survivors to use in their homes.

I’ve also described how I [more...]