Our region has created an environment where it is too difficult, too expensive and too risky for housing developers, both nonprofits and for-profits, to build.

Too many Black women endure abusive relationships—myself included. Addressing the cultural, emotional, spiritual, and systemic forces that make it hard to leave—and why we need support, not judgment.

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