I left Oakland, California, on Sunday, March 10, for Honolulu, Hawai’i. Not piloting a plane—I wish!—but as a passenger aboard a Boeing 737. When I returned Wednesday night, flying from HNL to OAK, I realized we were following the same route Amelia Earhart had in 1935. That’s when she became Read more…
As the Steubenville Trial taking place less than two hours from my home winds up today or tomorrow, I’m in Hawai’i preparing for my upcoming speech. At this conference, held by the Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma, I’ll talk about the factors that led me to become a rape Read more…
The best thing I can tell you is to get to know the locals. They’re key to enjoying yourself while working away from home. This trip has been in the works for almost a year, after I was invited to speak at the Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma’s annual Read more…
Note: Please watch this accurate and moving Youtube video a volunteer created about Courtney’s work at the PCAS and her love for the animals there. It will inspire you! If you’re so inclined, check out the other articles here about Courtney and the PCAS. I’m finding it hard to maintain Read more…
I didn’t want to miss last night’s PBS episode of Frontline, “Raising Adam Lanza“. I’m glad I didn’t, because I came away with some answers to questions other people must have had, too. I find I can also relate to Lanza’s mom, Nancy, who seemed intent on trying the next Read more…
Note: The following statement is from the “Help Support Courtney Austin” Facebook page. I’ve reposted it below in its original form. The author is Frankie Sinclair, from Glouscester, Va. (Please watch one of two moving Youtube videos a volunteer created about Courtney’s work at the PCAS and her love for the animals there. Read more…
Note: Please watch this accurate and moving Youtube video a volunteer created about Courtney’s work at the PCAS and her love for the animals there. It will inspire you! I broke down sobbing the morning after I attended Monday night’s Preston County Commission meeting and heard government officials lie Read more…
Note: Please watch this accurate and moving Youtube video a volunteer created about Courtney’s work at the PCAS and her love for the animals there. It will inspire you! My daughter was fired from her job as manager of the Preston County Animal Shelter tonight, after commissioners got into a Read more…
Note: Please watch this accurate and moving Youtube video a volunteer created about Courtney’s work at the PCAS and her love for the animals there. It will inspire you! Any woman who works 96 hours in one week while only getting paid for 40 hours is either desperate or crazy. Or Read more…
It isn’t just the fact the anonymous victim is from West Virginia that makes this case at least as important here as it is in Ohio. It’s that the 16-year-old girl—an honor student and an athlete at a religious school from just across the Ohio River—has had to endure what Read more…