HEY THERE! We’ve been #ProtectingKids365 with your support! See how. Serving the Latinx Community Reaching Latinx communities in D.C. means being prepared to first learn from the community to then build a foundation of trust. Safe Shores is committed to making our services accessible to local Latinx children and families. Bilingual Prevention Specialists/Advocates, Alejandra “Ale” Monroy […]
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Black History is Everyday – A List of Black History Makers Then and Now
February is coming to an end, but fortunately, recognition and celebration of Black history isn’t, because Black history can’t be confined to the shortest month of the year (we said what we said) nor any month for that matter. Black history is HISTORY and HERSTORY, yesterday, today and tomorrow. Black creatives, entrepreneurs, scientists, teachers, engineers, […]
Black History Month Books for All Ages
“Racism is not the only thing to know about what it means to be Black. Our joys, our sorrows, our love, our grief, our struggles to fit in, our families, our accomplishments and our triumphs—these things also matter. Black children matter, and not only the ones killed before their time…To recognize Black lives as ones […]
Myths and Facts of Child Sex Trafficking – National Human Trafficking Awareness Month
CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING It’s real, it happens and it’s a heinous crime. Because of the way it’s portrayed in fictional movies and memes on social media, many think of this crime as a stereotypical white suburban teenage girl being kidnapped by a stranger, in broad daylight, from a public place and imprisoned in a dark […]
Ready to say “Buh-Bye!” to 2020?
It’s no secret that 2020 has been the strangest of years. Indeed, it is one for the record books and soon the history books. Even Rexie, Safe Shores’ fun and friendly therapy puppet, who’s usually pretty easygoing, is ready to say a swift (don’t let the door knob hit ya) good-bye to this chaotic year. […]
When a Father Asked for Help
When 7-year-old Marcus’ father contacted Safe Shores, this devoted dad was desperately seeking support to help his precocious and once joy-filled son deal with intense fear and anxiety after witnessing a police-involved shooting. What had until then been the two of them watching nation-wide protests and media coverage of community injustices on a screen was […]
