By Gigi Tsontos, LCSW, MPA Chief Executive Officer, WTLC In March we celebrated International Women's Day, participated in National Youth Violence Prevention Week, and this year we saw a National School Walkout and a March for Our Lives. The message is clear: ENOUGH is ENOUGH. Standing for...
By Gigi Tsontos, LCSW, MPA Chief Executive Officer, WTLC 57% of all women who experience homelessness report domestic violence as the immediate cause of homelessness 1 in 5 homeless youth report being trafficked I spent Presidents’ Day at the Orange County Riverbed. Many see the tents lining the highway and...
Domestic Violence is a Health Crisis Gigi Tsontos May 30, 2016 Recently I spoke to a group of donors celebrating WTLC’s 40th Anniversary of serving survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking. I shared the stories of the most severe and prolonged public health crisis of our time,...
Language Is Key to Change Ending Domestic Violence Gigi Tsontos June 30, 2016 As members of the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence, both as an individual and through WTLC, I share the commitment of our recent conference “Shifting the Lensâ€. The sessions discussed everything from how to engage...
Inundated with news and information, how do teens learn about relationships in this modern era. WTLC spent the month of February sharing tips about healthy relationships directed at teens. The campaigns focused on what we want in a relationship instead of what we don’t. Now let’s...
Tomorrow, hundreds of thousands will gather at bars, behind television sets, at the stadium in celebration an American pastime. The Broncos and the Panthers replace the last 98 teams, with the same vigor we football fans or not eat wings, chug bear, laugh, root for...
Business and Human Trafficking: As a business person, educator, parent, resident, citizen, you must EDUCATE yourself and take ACTION. January was human trafficking awareness month. Help to END TRAFFICKING by creating business and personal practices that purposefully do not support those activities. MODERN DAY SLAVERY includes...
Happy New Year and happy 40th Anniversary to WTLC! When the Women's Transitional Living Center was founded in 1976, we were operating on shoestring budget and could only offer a support environment and emergency shelter for women and children who had survived situations of domestic...
