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We Can All Be Advocates
What a journey across Michigan revealed about domestic violence, financial control and the role each of us can play in supporting survivors.
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Believing is the Baseline
What does it really mean to support survivors? A conversation with Michigan advocates starts with one simple idea: believe them.
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An Interview with the Team at The Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence (MCEDSV): Part 3 of 3
On July 17, as part of the Choose The Bear Tour, Laura Killingbeck interviewed team members of the Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence. The third and final part of the interview explores financial abuse, economic control, and the role that financial institutions can play in supporting survivors.
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An Interview with the Team at The Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence (MCEDSV): Part 2 of 3
On July 17, as part of the Choose The Bear Tour, Laura Killingbeck interviewed team members of the Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence. Part 2 dives deeper into social inequalities, intersectionality, and advocacy as a social movement.
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An Interview with the Team at The Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence (MCEDSV): Part 1 of 3
On July 17, as part of the Choose The Bear Tour, Laura Killingbeck interviewed team members of the Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence about the evolution and importance of survivor-centered, trauma-informed support.
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The Need Is Huge
The Choose The Bear Tour takes Laura to Alpena, where she meets with the women of Hope Shores Alliance for a powerful, candid discussion on the group’s work and what keeps them fighting for change.
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Everything Was Really Hush Hush
As part of the Choose The Bear Tour, Laura Killingbeck spoke with HAVEN’s Christine Kinal about the organization’s mission, its history, and how speaking up can change lives.
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Domestic Violence Can Be Hard To Recognize
As part of the Choose The Bear Tour, Laura Killingbeck visited The Women’s Resource Center of Northern Michigan in Petosky to meet their team, explore the organization’s history, and learn more about their mission.
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An Interview with the Team at The Women’s Resource Center of Northern Michigan
On June 19, Laura Killingbeck visited The Women’s Resource Center of Northern Michigan center in Petoskey to interview Gail Kloss, Andrea Koch, Claire Houser, and Megan King about the lasting impacts that survivors face.
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An Interview with Christine Kinal, CEO and President of HAVEN
On June 5, while en route across the Upper Peninsula, Laura Killingbeck interviewed Christine Kinal of HAVEN about her work with one of Michigan’s oldest and largest domestic violence shelters.
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We Walk In Our Traditional Way
As part of the Choose The Bear Tour, Laura Killingbeck visits with Uniting Three Fires Against Violence in Sault Ste. Marie to discuss their history, story, and mission to end gender-based violence and economic abuse in Michigan’s native communities.
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An Interview with Uniting Three Fires Against Violence (UTFAV): Part 2 of 2
In the second half of her June 12 interview, Laura Killingbeck sits down with Stacey Ettawageshik, Vanessa Owaski-Patzwald, Sandra Pilgrim-Lewis, and Samantha Brown of Uniting Three Fires Against Violence to discuss physical and financial abuse in native communities.