by CDVA Team | Dec 5, 2015 | Blog
By Matt Hamilton San Bernardino Shooter’s Mother Applied Several Times for Divorce and Domestic Violence Protection Syed Rizwan Farook, one of the two San Bernadino shooters, grew up with a violent father. His mother applied several times for divorce and...
by CDVA Team | Dec 1, 2015 | Story
“Sharing my story in INVINCIBLE was the beginning of a new journey into himself. I know through being vulnerable and opening up to you, that we both are healed.” As a child, I believed many of the lies children of domestic violence learn, like feeling...
by CDVA Team | Nov 30, 2015 | Blog
By Theresa Singleton Domestic Violence Hurts Everyone and Erodes Society Theresa Singleton, veteran of the YWCA, discusses how domestic violence erodes the fabric of our society. After working in the field for 25 years, she discusses the adverse effects DV has on...
by CDVA Team | Nov 23, 2015 | Blog
By Stephanie March, Guest Blogger I Was Left with the Impossible Task of Being a Peacemaker Between My Parents When I was a kid, my parents went through an incredibly nasty divorce. So much anger and hostility was displayed between them that it left me scrambling to...
by CDVA Team | Oct 23, 2015 | Blog
By Karen Pautz Witnessing Domestic Violence Creates a Long-Lasting Stress Response This article from the Siskiyou Daily News reviews research that traumatic experiences, like witnessing domestic violence, produce a long-lasting stress response. Babies, children, and...
by CDVA Team | Oct 8, 2015 | Blog
By Grant Doepel INVINCIBLE and the Change a Life Program The Blaze covers INVINCIBLE and the Change a Life program. More than half of the children who are currently experiencing childhood domestic violence are being raised by adults who lived through the same...
by CDVA Team | Sep 24, 2015 | Blog
What Is Fear from Childhood Trauma? We’re all aware of the cliché that there’s nothing to fear but fear itself. However, any person who has experienced adversity in childhood would beg to differ. We each discovered all too well the many things there are to fear....
by CDVA Team | Sep 11, 2015 | Story
“My turbulent childhood taught me to survive, to overcome, and that’s how I found my voice. Anyone who grew up with domestic violence and didn’t have a voice as a child deserves to have one now.” From the time I was born, through college, and into my adult life, I’ve...
by CDVA Team | Sep 11, 2015 | Story
>“I’ve realized I don’t need anyone to open doors for me. I’ve opened them all by myself. And the hardships I faced…have fueled me and given me strength to get through obstacles many people might find impossible.”The police knew us on a first-name basis. The summer of...
by CDVA Team | Aug 31, 2015 | Story
“Our childhood taught us LIES…But…we are strong and we can overcome this past. Those negative thoughts and feelings are not in charge of our lives – we are.”As the only child, I felt the burden of responsibility early on in life. I was four years old the first time I...
