by Katrina Clark, Advocacy Center Youth Educator Art can be an incredibly powerful means of processing emotion. In some cases, exercising creativity can even transmute our painful experiences by giving us something we can look at & think, hey, I’m proud of the art that this horrible experience inspired! This opportunity to reframe our pain(s)…

This April, the Advocacy Center will once again be recognizing Sexual Assault Awareness & Child Abuse Prevention Month. We hope you will join us in a series of events taking place throughout Tompkins County to show your support to survivors as well as learn how to assist in preventing these forms of violence. Read more below…

By Lyn Staack, Youth Education Coordinator There are many books for babies and young children about hugs! This list highlights ten books which share stories about characters who love hugs, those who don’t, and those who can’t hug in the ways we usually expect. Each books can be the start of important discussions about touch, feelings,…