The Women's Advocacy Center

10/24/2025

You might think, “I can’t change everything.” True. But you can change one thing - a person’s day... maybe even a life.

Donate here: https://givebutter.com/TQqUge

10/21/2025

Sybill's story ends differently without the help of federal funds or donors like you. Read more and learn how you can help.

What Victim Services Should Look LikeSybill left on a Tuesday morning while he was at work. Her hands shook as she packed two small bags—one for her, one for her daughter. She'd made the call three days earlier to The Women's Advocacy Center, and they told her they could help. They would be waitin...

10/19/2025

This is a shout out to the women of the Alpha Eta Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., who came out to support our work during Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The sorority, which has been serving communities since 1939, enthusiastically joined The Women's Advocacy Center in serving ladies living in Bartlett, Millington, and Northaven who are impacted by abuse, sexual assault, and stalking.

The women of Zeta Phi Beta, pictured below, stocked the newly opened donation center in our North Shelby office. This was a wonderful answer to prayer! A heartfelt thanks to the members who led and participated in this beautiful event. We, at The Women's Advocacy Center, appreciate your generosity to the women and children we serve each day.

You help us share hope and change lives!

10/17/2025

Show your support for the work we do at The Women's Advocacy Center! Download and share our "hope is" graphic on your social media pages. Your action can raise awareness and spark meaningful conversations about what can be done to address domestic abuse, sexual assault, and stalking. Your post may be just what someone needs to seek safety from their abuser!

10/11/2025

Every October, you’ll see purple ribbons. You’ll hear words like “awareness.” But for the women who will walk through our doors this month, October is not symbolic. It’s survival.

This October, at The Women’s Advocacy Center, we are asking you to do more than wear purple. We are asking you to be active. Step into the story of how a life was saved through awareness and action. Action looks like your gift of $175 for a night of safe shelter, or $100 for a month of meals. It looks like someone who volunteers and says to a woman, “You are not alone.” These are practical ways that healing begins.

Are you ready to be hope in action? Give here: https://givebutter.com/the-womens-advocacy-center

10/01/2025

When a woman leaves abuse, the wounds she carries aren’t just physical — they touch her mind, body, and spirit.

That’s why our Safe Families program offers wrap-around wellness care. From counseling that helps process trauma, to coaching that restores financial independence, to holistic partnerships that nurture healing, every piece matters.

Wellness isn’t just about surviving. It’s about giving survivors the chance to thrive. Will you join us in making that possible?

Donate today: https://givebutter.com/the-womens-advocacy-center

09/29/2025

What does TWAC do, and how can you help right now?
Our work is grounded in dignity, faith, and hope, ensuring women and their children are not only safe from abuse, but able to thrive.

You can help today by:
✨ Becoming a monthly donor
✨ Donating household and personal care items
✨ Volunteering your time to deliver meals, support children, or sort donations

If you are interested in helping in these ways, visit the links below! Survivors are counting on us, and you!

Monthly donor: https://givebutter.com/the-womens-advocacy-center

Donate supplies: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/9IRXV8VTGOU6?ref_=wl_share

Volunteer: https://forms.wix.com/f/7117514721225343193

09/26/2025

"Every time, it felt like dying."

Not in a poetic way. In a real, physical way. A tightening in my chest. A weight in my stomach. A grief that curled up inside my ribs and made it hard to breathe.

Because I loved him.

Not the way you’re supposed to love someone. Not safely. But deeply. Desperately. Like a tether I couldn’t cut no matter how many times he burned me.

When people say “just leave,” they don’t see this part. They don’t see the way his hand on my back could make my heart race in two completely different ways.

They don’t know what it’s like to crave someone who also scares you. To mistake the calm between storms for peace.

I kept throwing myself into the flames. And even now, knowing all I know, I still feel that ache in my chest when I think about what we were.

That’s the part no one talks about... how love doesn’t leave just because you do.

09/25/2025

Please join us and Shelby County CVRCC tonight at for those who have lost a loved one to homicide.

This memorial event is open to the public and free of charge. No registration required.

09/25/2025

Hear from a mom who's "no longer in limbo," thanks to our Food on the Table program:

"Food on the Table has truly been that. It has become a staple in my home and a treat that my children look forward to each month. For me, it has been a life line. There were days when I was waiting on my next paycheck just to buy groceries. I was in limbo, I couldn’t qualify for food stamps but I didn’t have a surplus at the end of the month. Food on the Table filled the gap when child support couldn’t. Food on the Table was a hand up until I became self-sufficient. My children and I are very thankful for this service."

Help keep these programs alive! Donate to our Food on the Table program here: https://givebutter.com/tdOEJG

09/24/2025

Have you ever been at risk of being homeless? That is a reality our clients face regularly. Our Safe Families program provides rental assistance so women and children aren’t left without shelter.

You can change a life today:
💜 $50 covers a housing application fee
💜 $150 pays a power bill during crisis
💜 $1,000 prevents eviction with partial rent

Consistent care requires consistent support. Become a monthly donor and help survivors know they’re never alone.

Give today here: https://givebutter.com/the-womens-advocacy-center

09/19/2025

"No one told me how hard it would be after..."

I left. I got out. Packed what I could, grabbed my child, and drove off with shaking hands and no plan. And yet… now, in the quiet, the guilt has moved in where he used to be.

Why didn’t I leave the first time he scared me?
Why did I let my kids see things no child should?
Why did I believe his apologies again and again, thinking this time he meant it?

I look at my sons and wonder what damage was done while I was too afraid to act. I see their flinches, anxiety, the way they watch me so closely now... like they're waiting for something to snap.

I’m free, but I’m not at peace. Because now I have to live with the fact that I knew something was wrong… and I still stayed.

Not because I didn’t care. But because I hoped. Hoped he’d change. Hoped it would get better. But now I carry that hope like a weight.

And no one told me how heavy it would be... to survive and still feel like it’s my fault.