Happy New Year News!!!

Happy new year our readers everywhere around the world. We express our sincere gratitude at your support in all the ways you have been there for us in hard and good times. We appreciate that and want too let you know that the struggle  continues over here and your support is still needed. Aluta continua!!! 

It is really hard to be hopeful in our world today with all the bad news happening in various corners in our society. I would like to pause and send our condolences to all victims of terrorism in France and elsewhere. We vehemently condemn any behavior that targets the innocent. We condemn hijacking of good religions to propagate political or person agendas. God, who is Allah does not condone any violence against innocent lives. God as described in the Torah, the Bible and the Qur'an condemns killers, murders and hypocrites. It is common sense that God condemns evil.

Good Muslims know that Allah does not condone terrorism. True Muslims know the difference so lets not blame the religion for actions of a few disgruntled human beings. Evil doers will and should not discourage us to pursue right. God will always triumph, so we can and should not give up hope. We have to stand our ground and stand for our values if we have to continue to thrive. If we stand with God, the devil will retreat. Lets stand with God.

I want to apologize for WISO organization that in December we were unable to post much for our readers due to unavoidable circumstances. We are back in the new year and we are ready as usual to go forward in inspiring each other and to care about those in abusive relationships. So don't give up, there are gliches in life as usual. Don't let these hinder your progress. Here at WISO we are not different.

Good news though!!! WISO has been on the move to a new location. Our new location is 2531 S. Memorial Drive, Greenville NC, 27858. So those who want to contact us through snail mail, do so using that mail or you can use our P.O Box 3043, Greenville, NC 27836.

Our mission remains the same. With this new location we plan to be more lucrative and productive and with your support as usual, we are gearing for better greater things. Most importantly, we should remember is those we are standing for. Those who struggle with abuse in various forms in their lives.
 Our new feature is workshops at our new location. You are all invited to sign up for workshop sessions in person or by webinar to participate in our discussions on abuse in our societies. We also feature educative films to help facilitate discussions. Rummage sales are on. We are accepting donations for that.

I want to invite readers who so wish to consider sending us articles so we can publish on our blog and in our WISO Newsletter. Stories help to educate the community and others about issues of abuse, especially those that are committed in the name of culture or religion. Do you know a friend who is suffering from abuse and would like to tell her/ his story anonymously? We will pay you $50 to publish it,if we approve it. As you can see, the world could use some knowledge. Schools aren't doing enough. We have to reach the entire community in many ways. We need to reach out to many especially those who are not able to go to school or attend courses that teach these values.

I hope to hear from you and I want to end again by wishing you the best this year. Spread the word and we can together save a life, give hope, make someone laugh and who knows, maybe change a life. Visit our website to support us in kind and refer your friends to help us voice out our concerns. Changes are happening to our website as well and will be revealed soon. bear with us.

Cheers!!!!
WISo President
Mary