Bill of Rights for Survivors of Domestic Abuse

[Soriano]

•1.     I will not be blamed or shamed for having been a victim.

•2.     I have the RIGHT to be HAPPY. 

•3.     I have the RIGHT to be free of all forms of abuse: physical, mental, emotional, psychological, economic, or sexual.

•4.     I have the RIGHT to feel my feelings.

•5.     I have the RIGHT to take care of myself.

•6.     I have the RIGHT to have my needs met.

•7.     I have the RIGHT to make choices.  

•8.     I have the RIGHT to be loved in a healthy way.

•9.     I have the RIGHT to live without fear.

•10.  I have the RIGHT to express myself.

•11.  I have the RIGHT to forgive myself for things in the past.

•12.  I have the RIGHT to make a better life for myself.