Nonviolent communication (NVC) is a framework for communication that centers shared human feelings and needs, developed by Marshall Rosenberg beginning in the 1960s. In a PACT NOW workshop on July 28th, 2020, FORGE staff and participants practiced basic NVC skills to...

The isolating effects of interpersonal trauma cannot be overstated, especially in a social media-driven society. The technological age presumes that we are always on, available, and connected. Trauma, however, often demands periods of withdrawal, whether because...

For many of us, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the resources and spaces we have access to for meeting our physical, mental, and emotional needs. Earlier on in the pandemic, FORGE held a workshop about staying active during quarantine. While many of the tips and...

The COVID-19 pandemic may or may not be winding down in the U.S., depending on how many people continue to resist vaccination and the evolutions of the virus. But other recent challenges, such as the need to end police violence and brutality, the defense of voting...

There is something about green on blue that feeds me. Something about leaves filling the sky like stars.  And there is something about stars. There is something about open space that gives me space to breathe, that makes the trauma as small as a seashell or a fern,...

There’s a certain skill to knowing when to curl up beneath the blankets and allow softness to fill the space created after experiencing sexual violence, no matter how long ago or recent, intentionally letting go of anxiety and the pressure to do. Many trans and...