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Why Sexual Assault Awareness Is About More Than Just Rape
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month — a time for Americans to wear teal ribbons, participate in events (such as Walk a Mile in Her...
Apr 3, 2018


Heartbreak Doesn’t Lead to Violence
Last week, a 17 year old in Maryland took a gun to school, where he shot two classmates before eventually killing himself. One of his...
Mar 28, 2018


Men, We Are Asking More of You: FAME Can Help
At red carpet events, interviewers often obsess over what designer a woman is wearing. Men are sometimes asked the same, but the...
Mar 14, 2018


Getting Local: Supporting National Movements By Walking Blackburn
In the past six months, issues that have long been central to our agency’s mission, such as ending domestic and sexual violence, have...
Mar 7, 2018


Examining Sexual Violence Through the Lens of Race
In early February, Tarana Burke, the original founder of the #MeToo movement, spoke in Pittsburgh. Several members of Blackburn Center’s...
Feb 28, 2018


Why Saying “Boys Don’t Cry” Hurts Boys and Men
There are certain phrases that are used frequently in our society whenever a boy or young man expresses vulnerability, such as “boys...
Feb 21, 2018


Why We Need to Stop Praising Domestic Abusers As “Good People”
In the past week, two senior members of the Trump Administration left their positions due to allegations of domestic violence. First,...
Feb 14, 2018


Why We Need to Acknowledge the True Founder of the #MeToo Movement, Tarana Burke
For most Americans, the #MeToo movement started in the fall of 2017, with the bombshell New York Times story that Harvey Weinstein had...
Feb 6, 2018


One Way to End Sexual Harassment? Transparency
For most Americans, the Red Cross is a trusted institution, a nonprofit organization that can be relied on during disasters to provide...
Jan 31, 2018


We Need to Talk about Aziz Ansari
Last week, a story broke about an incident between actor, writer and comedian Aziz Ansari and a woman given the pseudonym Grace. While...
Jan 24, 2018
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