Jacqueline Patterson, founder of The Chisholm Legacy Project, shares her personal experience as a survivor of intimate partner violence and calls on Black women to break the silence and on communities to say something when they sense something is wrong.
Jacqui Patterson
Jacqui Patterson is the founder and executive director of The Chisholm Legacy Project, a resource hub for Black, frontline climate justice leadership
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Shame About Being Abused Silenced Me. Now, I’m Speaking Up.
A survivor of intimate partner violence shares her personal story and calls on Black women, friends and family to break the silence around IPV as Black women face disproportionate rates of abuse and murder by intimate partners.