" I went to see the Social Worker with my student today...One of my sons was in the waiting area of the Social Services office waiting for me after school as we'd arranged.

When I came out, he wanted to know what I was doing. I told him couldn't say too much because it was someone else's private business, but I told him that some men were bullying and abusing a woman because they knew she was weaker. I said I wanted him to know from this that it's for us to use our power and stand up with people who are weaker against those who abuse them. And so the ripples caress my son.

Karen Bergman-Illnik, "Charting the woman-positive ripples - A journal of discovery"