The month of March is Women’s History Month and so we are focusing on forgotten voices of women throughout history. This week, we’re highlighting the work of an incredibly influential...

It was a rebellion, it was an uprising, it was a civil rights disobedience – it wasn't no damn riot. — Stormé DeLarverie This Women's History Month, we celebrate the life...

This month we are focusing on forgotten voices of women who have made great change and impacted society in a unique way, whose accomplishments have been overlooked. Elizabeth Peratrovich advocated...

*We at ZCenter recognize and celebrate Women’s History Month, but we do offer all of our services to all individuals regardless of how they identify. We acknowledge the use of...

Long revered as a civil rights icon, Rosa Parks is best known for sparking the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott. Rosa Parks’s refusal to move on that iconic bus was more...

Sojourner Truth lived as an enslaved Black woman for most of her young adult life until a New York statute declared in 1817 that all enslaved Black people would be...

During the Memphis Riots in 1866, Frances Thompson and her roommate Lucy Smith were attacked in their home. At the time of the attack, Frances and Lucy were formerly enslaved...

Somewhere right now, there is a white girl telling a white boy no. She understands consent. She communicates clearly. She understands her rights and creates healthy boundaries. What she most...

Human Trafficking is not a new phenonmenon, but caring about it is. Human Trafficking has been happening forever, but only in the year 2000 was it recognized as a crime...

In early 2020 the Lake County Sheriff's Office announced fourteen arrests as the result of a multi-day human trafficking crackdown in suburban Gurnee. According to a news release, the Lake...

Discussing child abuse and assault may be one of the last topics on anyone’s ideal list, however, talking about it may be just what is needed to keep more children...

January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. These societal issues go back further than most of us can even remember and are still an issue going on in...