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Winter’s Garden
Although the ground is frozen, temperatures are dropping and spring is far from our grasp, garden catalogs will soon begin to trickle in through the postal system. After the holiday flurry of activities and long after company goes back home will be the time of year we sit back in our cozy homes with a hot cup of tea to dream and plan what we would like to do in our gardens come spring. At the Alliance, we look at the Community Garden and although the ground is covered with ice, and there are still reminders of the over-abundance of tomatoes and tomatillos from last fall, I see the hardy…
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Things to be Thankful for
Everyone at the Alliance wants to thank all our supporters for being there. You know who you are, and each and every one of you is on our list of people to be thankful for. Blessings.
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Charity’s Story
We worked for months with Charity as she tried many times to escape her abuser. He had kept her imprisoned and watched at all times coming home “unexpectedly” to catch her and to keep her in fear of leaving. Charity lived about ten miles out of town in an unpopulated area on the side of a mountain. She had tried walking out many times before but had never made it. Charity would call to ask us to pick her up when he was away only to call back later to say that he had found out about her plans. One afternoon she called to say she had a two hour…
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Why Intimate Partner Violence Effects Everyone
You may ask yourself what your neighbor beating his wife has to do with you. What business of yours is it when you see someone on the street yell, curse and belittle their partner and their children? We often believe that it is their business, we shouldn’t get involved, and they will work it out. We may believe that what someone else is doing in their home is none of our concern because it doesn’t affect us in any way. Besides, there is nothing we can do about it anyway. The truth is that is does affect us and there are many things we can to end intimate partner violence…
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Advocacy Learning Center
This is Susie at break time taking in the sights of Minnesota.
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