Safe Exit
Jaya Drohan
The Long-Lasting Effects of Academic Abuse

As we approach a new school year, we want to highlight this egregious type of abuse and its long-lasting effects on a survivor’s future. Academic Abuse manifests as a form of coercive control that both teens and adults are vulnerable to experiencing.

The Long-Lasting Effects of Academic Abuse
Lusero Arias
A Survivor's Right To Self-Care

Self-care, often misconstrued as a luxury, takes on a profound significance for survivors of domestic violence. It becomes a transformative act of survival, resistance, and healing. In the face of chronic stress, trauma, and isolation, survivors often find little space for their own needs. However, self-care in this context becomes revolutionary, a means to reclaim control over one’s body, boundaries, time, and voice, instilling a sense of empowerment and hope. 

A Survivor's Right To Self-Care
Jaya Drohan
Honoring Immigrant Heritage Month

Immigrant survivors, like anyone, may experience a variety of forms of intimate partner violence: such as physical, emotional, sexual, financial, spiritual, threats, and coercion. However, they also face unique and compounding risks. Language barriers, lack of culturally responsive services, and unfamiliarity with U.S. legal systems make it harder to seek help. Survivors may worry they won’t be believed because they don’t speak English fluently. They may fear that leaving an abusive partner will mean losing their children, their housing, or their chance at staying in the country. Many do not know their rights, and even in moments of extreme danger, feel they must choose between silence and exposure

Honoring Immigrant Heritage Month
Jaya Drohan
Shining a Light on the Impact of Domestic ...

Mental health challenges go far beyond routine stress, and this is particularly true for survivors of domestic violence (DV). Did you know that 20% of DV survivors develop mental health conditions as a result of their trauma? In this context, Mental Health Awareness Month offers an opportunity to understand how DV impacts mental health.

Shining a Light on the Impact of Domestic Violence on Mental Health
Lusero Arias
Empowerment Model: What is it and How it works

When we talk about helping domestic violence survivors, it’s easy to think first about shelters, police reports, or court systems. And while those are important, they’re only part of the bigger picture. At La Casa de las Madres, we operate under the Empowerment Model, which shifts the focus: it’s all about giving survivors the power to reclaim their lives—in their own way and on their own terms.

Empowerment Model: What is it and How it works

La Casa Stands Against Racist Violence and Supports the C.R.I.S.E.S Act

Statement from La Casa de las Madres Standing Against Racist Violence, and Supporting the C.R.I.S.E.S Act

La Casa de las Madres believes all people deserve to build their lives free from abuse and fear. We believe all forms of violence are connected, and that speaking out against discrimination and structural racism is a central part of the work we do to support survivors of domestic violence everyday.

When we stand in solidarity with black leaders and communities closest to the harm, we build a world in which calls for accountability and safety for all people are the norm.

This is why we support the C.R.I.S.E.S Act -- a piece of legislation that builds capacity for community-based responses to violence and creates more opportunities for survivors of domestic violence and our most vulnerable community members. To learn more about the C.R.I.S.E.S Act, click here.

When we uplift survivors, center opportunities to heal, and seek out justice as a community, we are creating a culture in which violence of all forms no longer can exist.