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The pandemic and the climate crisis can overshadow other societal issues. These problems can seem insurmountable, bigger than any one of us, and make us feel helpless. When it comes to climate the science is settled, with greater than 99% consensus on the basic facts about climate change. (Visit Science Moms for more information on what you can do about climate).
What about the day-to-day more immediate issues that we have to deal with?
Women are in financial crisis, and women are suffering from domestic abuse. Nearly 10 million people suffer the cycle of abuse every year, and roughly one in four women have experienced abuse by their partner in 2020.
In Arizona police respond to domestic violence calls every 5 minutes, and every 44 minutes a child witnesses domestic abuse.
While we grapple with vaccines and masks, and try to better understand what we can do individually for the climate, let’s review a list of resources and coalitions that are here to help.
If you are a woman in crisis, or you know somebody that could be in a problematic situation, there are solutions available to you.
As Gloria Gaynor once sang, “at first I was afraid, I was petrified,” because at the darkest hours of a crisis we all need a little help.
