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Heather Warnken

Heather Warnken

On the occasion of my final student loan statement

This week I shared on social media a uniquely joyful and exciting milestone in my life: finally paying off my student debt. It actually…

May 25, 2019

On the occasion of my final student loan statement

May 25, 2019

Heather Warnken

I love you / I promise

My partner and I chose to write our own wedding vows, which we did not share with anyone other than our officiant until that day. Though we…

Dec 23, 2017

I love you / I promise

Dec 23, 2017

Heather Warnken

Remembering LaMerle Johnson

I thought I was all cried out for 2016, but at around midnight on Wednesday I got shocking news that shattered my heart. I’m grateful to…

Dec 10, 2016

Remembering LaMerle Johnson

Dec 10, 2016

Heather Warnken

When They Go Low on Sexual Assault, We Go High

In 2005, in a dimly lit bar in San Francisco, a man came up to me from behind, reached around, and grabbed me so hard between my legs that…

Oct 18, 2016

When They Go Low on Sexual Assault, We Go High

Oct 18, 2016

Heather Warnken

When the Dam Breaks (A Love Letter to Black and Brown Lives)

A year and a half ago I wrote the words below. As I laid awake in the middle of last night and now again tonight, gobsmacked by the carnage…

Jul 8, 2016

When the Dam Breaks (A Love Letter to Black and Brown Lives)

Jul 8, 2016

Heather Warnken

Working Together to Prevent Cycles of Harm

By Heather Warnken (Office for Victims of Crime) & Daryl Atkinson (Bureau of Justice Assistance), Visiting Fellows, U.S. Department of…

Apr 28, 2016

Working Together to Prevent Cycles of Harm

Apr 28, 2016

Heather Warnken

Scalia, Like All of Us: More Complicated Than his Ideology Suggests

Of course I disagreed with the vast majority of Justice Scalia’s opinions. And in many contexts, by “disagree,” I mean mourned and fight…

Feb 14, 2016

Scalia, Like All of Us: More Complicated Than his Ideology Suggests

Feb 14, 2016

Heather Warnken

Calling out Trump’s Bigotry: Our Duty to Hold the Line

My thoughts on yesterday’s latest Trump headlines, calling for an outright ban on Muslims entering the United States (orginally posted…

Dec 9, 2015

Calling out Trump’s Bigotry: Our Duty to Hold the Line

Dec 9, 2015

Heather Warnken

Saying Thanks on Veterans Day

I wrote the below post two years ago on Veterans Day. And I’m going to keep posting it on until it’s not so painfully true. The VA has…

Nov 11, 2015

Saying Thanks on Veterans Day

Nov 11, 2015

Heather Warnken

For my beautiful mother, on her birthday.

As my mother’s daughter, I am a firm believer in commemorating the birthdays of those to whom we owe great thanks — certainly the birthdays…

Aug 24, 2015

For my beautiful mother, on her birthday.

Aug 24, 2015

Heather Warnken

Heather Warnken

Fellow, US DOJ * Fmr Legal Policy Associate, Warren Institute on Law & Social Policy @UCBerkeley Law * @WomensFoundCA Fellow, Crim Justice * All views my own

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