Upcoming Events
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month
For the entire month of April, Bubbie’s Bagels in Traverse City will donate all proceeds from sales of their delicious Bon Bon cookies. Don’t forget to grab a bagel to go with your bon bon! Check out their full menu HERE.
Higher Grounds
Higher Grounds is selling a special WRC blend of coffee. $5 from each bag is donated to the WRC! Support us with your coffee purchase HERE!
Cherry Capital Ink
Cherry Capital Ink will be holding a flash sale to benefit the WRC on Sunday, April 13th!
Stuff the Goose Event
Heading to Target in Traverse City? Join us on April 16, from 4 to 6 p.m. Grab a shopping list and help us stock our emergency shelter with crucial items. Let’s fill 2 Michigan State Police vehicles!
Oryana Community Co-op
Visit any Oryana Community Co-op between April 21 and April 25! We will be there collecting food staples for our emergency shelter. Your donations will make a difference!
Past Events
Subaru’s Operation Warm
On January 22nd, we received 204 brand-new coats from our partners at Serra Subaru of Traverse City through Operation Warm. Operation Warm ensures that coats and shoes are gifted to children who need them most and plans to donate 130,000 coats this year across the country. Thank you Serra Subaru of Traverse City and Operation Warm for this generous donation!
Educate. Unify. Empower. A community discussion with the Honorable Judge Rosemarie Aquilina
On May 23rd, the Honorable Judge Rosemarie Aquilina, a Judge of the 30th Circuit Court in Ingham County, led a presentation at Kirkbride Hall in Village of the Grand Traverse Commons. She is best known as the Judge who sentenced Larry Nassar in the USA Gymnastics sex scandal. In the landmark trial Aquilina allowed over 150 victims to present personal testimony.
Special thanks to MSUFCU for sponsoring this free event for our community.
Important Community Discussion with Attorney General Dana Nessel
Every 16 hours, a woman is fatally shot by a current or former intimate partner.
On Thursday, May 26th Attorney General Dana Nessel joined us to discuss the connection between gun violence and domestic violence and what we need to know about both.
Conversation with Brenda Tracy, founder of Set The Expectation
Registered Nurse, Gang Rape Survivor, Speaker, Activist
On Wednesday, April 27th we discussed gender-based violence prevention through the work of Brenda Tracy’s nonprofit organization, Set The Expectation.
Set The Expectation is dedicated to ending sexual and interpersonal violence through prevention work with men, advocacy, and engagement with agencies serving survivors and their families.
A Q&A on sexual assault in our community by local attorney Doug Fierberg
Before watching the video, a note of warning: the topic we discussed contained graphic language about sexual assault and violence.
