By Joelle Piercy, LSW, MSS, MLSP Safe+Sound Somerset Director of Outreach and Community Engagement Women’s History Month invites us to honor the women who have shaped our world and expanded our understanding of safety, dignity, and freedom — in our...
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Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month: What Teens Are Really Asking Us
By Joelle Piercy, LSW, MSS, MLSP Safe+Sound Somerset Director of Outreach and Community Engagement Every February, Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month (TDVAM) calls us to look at how young people experience relationships and how we can help keep them safe. At Safe+Sound Somerset, prevention is daily practice rooted in listening...
Understanding Human Trafficking and How We Can Prevent It
by Victor M. Peralta, Jr An Urgent, Shared Responsibility With more than 20 years of experience working alongside New York City law enforcement agencies, I’ve conducted human trafficking outreach that led to meaningful, lasting impact - helping victims and survivors...
Advocacy Toolkit – Support Safe Communities Act and other critical legislation
Advocacy Toolkit Safe Communities Acts Contact Local Representatives Use the toolkit above to contact local representatives. Also, feel free to use the graphics below to spread the word on social media.
AI, Exploitation, and Consent: Why We Must Act Now
Grok AI, the artificial intelligence system integrated into X (formerly Twitter), has recently been exposed for generating child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and nonconsensual sexualized images of adults at user prompts. Grok AI admitted to “lapses in safeguards” after creating a sexualized image of two girls. While X says it will remove illegal content and suspend accounts that post it, it...
Domestic Violence Is a Life and Death Issue, Even When There Are No Bruises
Each October, Domestic Violence Awareness Month invites us to reflect on the realities of abuse and the lives it impacts. But reflection alone is not enough. We must confront the ways domestic violence is often minimized in public discourse, treated...
When Leaders Minimize Domestic Violence, Survivors Pay the Price
By Michele Boronkas, CEO of Safe + Sound Somerset When the President of the United States publicly questions whether “a little fight with the wife at home” can be considered a crime, it sends a chilling message—not just to survivors...
Safe+Sound Somerset Must Be Protected: A Survivor’s Story – NJ Patch
Reprinted from Patch, copyright 2025 Patch Media Somerset County resident Jessica Fernandez speaks on the importance of Safe + Sound after hearing of their federal funding cuts. Alexis Tarrazi, Patch Staff Posted Fri, Aug 22, 2025 at 3:28 pm ET...
The Crisis of Elder Abuse in Domestic and Sexual Violence
At Safe+Sound Somerset, we believe survivors—of all ages. Sadly, age matters. Older adults experiencing domestic and sexual violence are often invisible in conversations about safety, healing, and justice. As the nation’s population ages, the intersection of elder abuse with interpersonal...
Somerset County Awards Nearly $50K to Nonprofits to Address Substance Use Disorders, Opioid Crisis – Somerset County
Reprinted from somersetcountynj.gov, copyright 2025 CONTACT: [email protected], (908) 231-7020, somersetcountynj.gov (For Immediate Release – Somerset County, NJ): The Somerset County Board of County Commissioners presented grants, totaling $47,250, to eight award recipients selected through Somerset County’s unique Opiate Settlement Community Solutions Grant Program, which...
