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Remnant Community Outreach is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, human justice organization with a focus on Domestic Violence and IPV working across Atlanta, GA and Memphis, TN (throughout the Southeast) Mission: Our mission is to dismantle systemic barriers to mental health care by providing culturally affirming support, education, and advocacy for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in Atlanta and across the Bible Belt. We connect individuals and families to trusted mental health professionals, create safe spaces for healing, and champion policies that promote equity, resilience, and community well-being. Vision: A world where Black women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people thrive in communities that honor their dignity, affirm their identities, and provide equitable access to mental health care and holistic wellness.

10/02/2026

HEART OF THE MATTER: A Remnant Campaign for Youth & Young Adults

Relationships are often where we first learn what we believe love is supposed to look and feel like. But sometimes control gets mistaken for care, jealousy for love, constant monitoring for concern, and manipulation for commitment.

This October, Remnant Community Outreach is getting to the Heart of the Matter.

Throughout Domestic Violence Awareness Month, our focus on youth and young adults is to encourage honest conversations about dating, relationships, domestic and intimate partner violence, boundaries, consent, warning signs, and healthy love.

We want young people to know what healthy relationships look like before unhealthy behaviors become the normal. We’ll talk about the things that aren’t always easy to recognize: someone constantly checking your phone or location, isolating you from friends and family, controlling what you wear, pressuring you sexually, using threats or humiliation, manipulating you emotionally, or making you afraid of what will happen if you say no.

But this campaign isn’t only about identifying abuse. It’s also about showing young people what they deserve.

We’ll also make room for the stories of young people who have experienced unhealthy or abusive relationships without judgment and without shame. Because leaving isn’t always simple, recognizing abuse doesn’t always happen immediately, and surviving doesn’t look the same for everyone.

09/18/2026

Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence Among Teens and Young Women

Ages 15–21 are often the years when abuse begins and when it's most likely to be dismissed, minimized, or never named at all. According to the CDC, about 1 in 12 U.S. high school students who dated experienced physical dating violence, and about 1 in 10 experienced sexual dating violence in the past year. Among adults who have experienced intimate partner violence, 26% of women say it first happened before they turned 18. (CDC: Teen Dating Violence)

This is why Remnant Community Outreach is committed to helping teen girls and young women understand the difference between love and control, care and possession, connection and the loss of personal autonomy. Prevention begins before crisis. When we listen to young people, take their concerns seriously, and create safe spaces for them to speak, we reduce the opportunities for domestic and intimate partner violence to take root.

Parents, educators, faith leaders, and community members: let's give teens and young women the language to recognize and name abuse in any form. Let's offer them the support they tell us they need, while empowering them to speak up.

Young people: Abuse is not normal.... no matter how often you've seen it or experienced it. You are not overreacting when reporting it. You deserve to be and feel safe, and you are not alone.

09/17/2026

When I think about why Remnant Community Outreach focuses on women and teens, part of that “why” goes back to my own childhood.

From first through sixth grade, I walked to and from school. I remember one of my friend’s older brothers, still a teenager himself, abusing his teenage girlfriend along that route... in rain, sleet, or snow.
I was young, but I knew THAT was not love; and no person should be controlled, intimidated, isolated, or harmed in the name of a relationship. That is why we have to teach our youth to expect and demand better. Young people deserve to know the difference between love and control, attention and possession, conflict and abuse.

At Remnant, our focus on women and teens is intentional. We want to intervene earlier, teach healthy relationships, connect people to support, and help break harmful cycles before they become normalized. Love should make room for safety, dignity, boundaries, and peace. And women and teens deserve better experiences and healthy relationships.

09/14/2026

Healthy relationships should help young people grow, not be afraid. Dating violence does not suddenly begin in adulthood. Controlling behavior, extreme jealousy, isolation, threats, sexual pressure, constant monitoring, and possessiveness can show up in teenage relationships too.

The research highlighted in today’s graphic is sobering: in one national study of adolescent intimate partner homicides, 90% of the identified victims were girls, and nearly 90% of perpetrators were male. We can help young people recognize the difference between love and control, protection and possession, attention and surveillance.

At Remnant Community Outreach, we believe prevention means creating spaces where young people can ask questions, identify unhealthy behaviors, develop boundaries, and know they will be believed when something does not feel safe. We have trainings for youth at schools, churches, community organizations, etc. to educate youth on domestic and intimate partner violence.

💜 Take controlling behavior seriously.
💜 Listen without judgment.
💜 Remind young people that jealousy is not proof of love.
💜 Make sure they know where to turn for help.

Young people deserve relationships where they are safe to grow, safe to speak, and safe to become who they are.

09/10/2026

See our September Newsletter: Safe to Grow (for Youth DV/IPV). Help us reach women and young adults by donating to Remnant today! www.remnantco.org

09/01/2026

Offer grace and safety. Not judgment.

When someone discloses abuse, they should not be met with blame, shame, disbelief, or pressure to stay. They should be met with compassion, belief, protection, support, and safety.
Faith communities should be places of refuge - where survivors are heard, cared for, and connected to help.

At Remnant Community Outreach, we believe survivors deserve grace and safety, not judgment.

— Dr. Elise S., Remnant Community Outreach

08/31/2026

ABUSE IS NEVER GOD'S WILL. Never.

No scripture. No sermon. No vow, title, or pulpit. No appeal to forgiveness or love. NONE of it justifies abuse. Faith should never convince someone to endure violence, intimidation, coercion, or fear. No survivor should be told to stay in danger to save a relationship, protect a church's reputation, or prove their devotion to God.

Verbal abuse is not a spiritual test. Physical violence is not a cross to bear. Suffering is not proof of faithfulness.
Because...
There is nothing righteous about being harmed. Nothing holy about being silenced.
Nothing godly about protecting an abuser while asking a survivor to endure.

At Remnant Community Outreach, we believe faith communities should be places of refuge and not places where abuse is hidden, excused, or spiritualized.

Just so we are clear:
Love does not require suffering in silence.
An undefiled bed does not include r*pe - not even in marriage.
Obedience to God is never permission to abuse you.
Forgiveness does not require continued access.
Prayer does not replace protection.

Because...
You can love God and set boundaries.
You can pray and make a safety plan.
You can forgive and still leave.

Abuse has never been... and never will be... God's will. Do NO harm matters. Safety matters. Survivors matter.

— Remnant Community Outreach

08/28/2026

Gaslighting is a subtle form of psychological abuse designed to make you question your reality, memory, and perception. Recognizing these patterns is the first step toward breaking free from psychological control and reclaiming your voice.

What Gaslighting Sounds & Looks Like:
•Denying Reality: “I never said that” or “You’re imagining things.”
•Twisting Conversations: Shifting blame with “It was just a joke, you’re too sensitive” or “You always overreact.”
•Manipulating Facts: Flat-out lying, withholding information, or controlling the narrative.
•Challenging Your Memories: Insisting “That didn’t happen the way you remember it.”
•Isolating & Undermining: Distorting the truth until you doubt your own sanity and feel separated from your support systems.

If these experiences sound familiar, know that your feelings are valid, your memories are real, and you do not have to navigate this alone. Support, guidance, and resources are available whenever you are ready.💜💜

🌐 Learn more about psychological safety and survivor resources at www.scarsofsurvival.org

08/26/2026

Teen dating violence can become deadly and the data demands our attention. A national study using the CDC’s National Violent Death Reporting System examined adolescent intimate partner homicides across 32 states from 2003–2016. Among 150 young people ages 11–18 killed by a current or former intimate partner:

• 90% of the victims were girls.
• Nearly 63% were killed by a current partner.
• Nearly 27% were killed by a former partner.
• 61% of the deaths involved a fi***rm.
• Breakups, attempted breakups, and jealousy were among the most common circumstances surrounding these killings.

And there is another reason to pay attention: the broader U.S. homicide rate among youth ages 15–19 declined through 2014, but then rose sharply increasing 91% between 2014 and 2021, from 6.7 to 12.8 deaths per 100,000. The evidence we do have points to something we cannot ignore:

Dating violence is not “puppy love.”
Control is not love.
Jealousy is not love.
Threats after a breakup are not love.
And young people deserve relationships where they are safe.

We have to teach teenagers what healthy relationships look like before violence escalates. We also have to believe young people when they tell us they are afraid of a boyfriend, girlfriend, or ex-partner especially when a relationship is ending.

A breakup should never become a death sentence.

Sources: Adhia et al., JAMA Pediatrics, “Intimate Partner Homicide of Adolescents” (2019); CDC/NCHS Data Brief No. 471.

08/21/2026

Survivors are still here! That is worth celebrating TODAY!

Today, we honor the strength, courage, and resilience of people who have survived domestic and intimate partner violence. Survival is more than getting through what happened. It is reclaiming your voice, peace of mind, and your LIFE. Surviving means rebuilding trust, rediscovering healthy boundaries, and learning that love does not have to hurt. You deserve relationships where respect, honesty, safety, communication, love, and care are not rewards but foundational demands.

Healthy love makes room for you to be whole. To every survivor rebuilding, healing, beginning again, or simply making it through today: we celebrate that you are still here.

Your past may be part of your story, but it does not write the ending.
Here’s to peace - healing - healthy love - and most importantly, here's to YOU! You survived!

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