Posted in Announcements, Interviews on May 17th, 2012
Kathleen Milliken (Schmidt) is by any accounts a strong woman. When you meet her she is vivacious, full of energy and drive. What you wouldn’t necessarily guess is that she is a survivor of domestic violence until she tells you with passion and pride what she has accomplished since leaving the relationship 15 years ago; [...]
Posted in Announcements on Mar 8th, 2012
Editor’s Note: Stirring the Fire supporter Danielle Prince breaks down who we are and why we do what we do for Gender Across Borders International Women’s Day Blog Campaign. Thanks Danielle! To both points raised by Gender Across Borders for this year’s theme of International Women’s Day “Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures” Stirring the Fire is [...]
Posted in Announcements, Interviews, Organizations on Mar 1st, 2012
Eastside Domestic Violence Program (EDVP) has been working for 30 years in East King County to help survivors of domestic violence (DV) along their path to safety and raise awareness within local communities of this wide-spread social problem. Started in 1982 by volunteers moved by two consecutive DV homicides in the Bellevue area, EDVP has [...]
Posted in Announcements, Organizations on Oct 9th, 2011
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 26. (1) Everyone has the right to education. (2) Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personal and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. Except that it’s not. In the developing world, of the 130 million youth who are not in school, [...]
Posted in Announcements, Organizations on Sep 28th, 2011
The Girls’ Empowerment Workshop that took place at Eastside Domestic Violence Program on Sunday September 25th was pure inspiration. Betty Makoni and Kathleen Milliken began by leading us through a thought-provoking self-reflection. We were challenged to think of ourselves only in the positive – a difficult task for most people I know – and list [...]
Posted in Announcements, Organizations on Sep 19th, 2011
Girl Child Network Worldwide is a grassroots NGO that originated in Zimbabwe in 1999 and now has chapters in several different countries. Founder and Director, Betty Makoni, has dedicated her life to girls’ empowerment, specifically giving a voice to the voiceless: girls between 1-16 years old. Starting out as a teacher, she recognized the need [...]
Posted in News on Jul 22nd, 2011
The new Republic of South Sudan is the UN’s 193rd country and Africa’s 54th. While there is ample reason to rejoice the birth of this, the world’s newest nation, there is also cause for concern. As I contemplate the South’s secession, I find my thoughts returning to my current job as Legal Advocate for domestic [...]
Posted in From the Field, Interviews, Organizations on Jul 7th, 2011
While in Cambodia, Danielle along with Ashlee Larsen, a Brigham Young graduate student, accompanied Stirring the Fire founder, Phil Borges as he documented the work of Youth Star. There are two sides to every story told about a relationship. Today’s post reveals the side of the perpetrator; his perspective on violence, his past and Samphors’ positive influence. [...]
Posted in From the Field, Interviews, Organizations on Jul 5th, 2011
While in Cambodia, Danielle along with Ashlee Larsen, a Brigham Young graduate student, accompanied Stirring the Fire founder, Phil Borges as he documented the work of Youth Star. The story below illustrates the positive impact Youth Star volunteer Samphors had in the Stieng community. Domestic violence does not discriminate between country, culture, socio-economic status or religious affiliation. Domestic violence [...]
Posted in From the Field, Organizations on Jul 1st, 2011
While in Cambodia, Danielle along with Ashlee Larsen, a Brigham Young graduate student, accompanied Stirring the Fire founder, Phil Borges as he documented the work of Youth Star. Of the several Youth Star volunteers we met, only one was a woman and from our perspective she had the hardest assignment of them all: to go to an [...]
