Happily settled in a new life, fortified by a college degree and a rewarding job helping others, Sarah* no longer lives in fear of her ex-husband. Sarah’s sexual abuse started after she became pregnant, and then the beatings and intimidation began. Calling the police was unthinkable because her husband threatened to hurt her and their
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The desperation in her teenage son’s voice terrified Rosa*. “Either you do something or I will,” Gustavo* told her. Trapped in his father’s house after coming out as gay, Gustavo was shunned from their family table, forced to eat on separate plates and forbidden to use detergent and wash his clothes because he had “defiled”
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This Father’s Day is a happy one for Robert*, a disabled young dad, who is able to see his daughter again thanks to the Harriett Buhai Center. For Robert, every moment with his daughter is precious. Facing a life-threatening illness at age 19, Robert has survived a heart transplant, a stroke and a compromised immune
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After years of brutal abuse, Alma vowed to protect her children because they had witnessed their father’s savagery toward her and were traumatized by what they had seen. After her husband threatened her with a knife, Alma fled with her 2 young children and lived in a motel for weeks. Her husband was arrested after
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Clara* felt powerless when she came to the Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law. Years of her husband’s abuse had crushed her feelings of self-worth. Having quit his job, supporting her children on her own without his help was an overwhelming prospect. She agonized over the hostility from her adult children because they believed she
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