|
We provide shelter, safety,
support, education and advocacy to break the cycle of violence because
domestic respect is the right of every woman, man and child.
Sojourner Truth House is a leader in the community effort that offers
every victim of domestic violence access to effective and complete
programs required to achieve a life free of violence.
|
|
Our name is a tribute to "Belle"
a woman born into slavery in 1797. She was sold away from her
parents when she was four, passed on from one indifferent owner
to another, then separated from her five children. In 1843 she
walked onto the pages of American history when she became Sojourner
- God's pilgrim. A second name - Truth - came to her "in
a voice as true as God's is true." Sojourner Truth traveled
widely speaking about slavery and women's rights and working
to preserve the dignity of all people |
|