Women’s rights are eroding under the weaponization of money. While shelters and organizations are available to help, this approach deals with the aftermath of a crisis.

It’s time to educate and empower women who need an exit strategy.

Let’s create a generation of financially literate individuals who know the signs of a controlling partner, so they can avoid the pitfalls of financial abuse in their relationships.

This is where the PowerPens® come into play. As women who understand the struggles of financial abuse, we’ve created a discreet way for women to become educated about financial abuse, financial trauma, financial literacy, and financial freedom through the I Know Why She Stayed Initiative.

The I Know Why She Stayed PowerPen® is a discreet pen with a hidden thumb drive that will contain:

• A digital copy of the memoir I Know Why She Stayed (coming 2024), because storytelling holds power, it creates meaning, and it engages readers, showing them you understand and empathize with their struggle.
• A workbook and reader’s guide to I Know Why She Stayed to help women understand the warning signs of financial abuse, the impacts on a person’s life and why they stayed. Workbooks help us understand our own trauma and how someone else’s story can create understanding of our own lives. According to a study done by Dr. Gail Matthews, a clinical psychologist from Dominican University of California, we are 62% more likely to achieve our goals when we write them down.
• Resources for financial abuse, financial trauma, financial literacy, and financial freedom.

The PowerPen® can also be used to store important documents and vital records needed to safely leave.

By sharing our stories and creating more awareness through the #iknowwhyshestayed hashtag, we believe PowerPens® can give women the tools to stop their own financial abuse at its roots.

I Know Why She Stayed is calling for donations to help launch this initiative into action.

With your donation, PowerPens® will be distributed for FREE to domestic abuse shelters, hospital emergency rooms, college campuses, fire departments, or wherever women might seek help. The first distribution runs are scheduled for North Adams, MA and Austin, TX.

Join us and help engage, educate, and empower a stronger tomorrow.