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Maggie's first magazine article appeared in Madison Magazine in January 2007 and she has written monthly for Madison Magazine ever since. Her Madison Magazine cover stories and features have run the gamut from primate research and domestic violence to Best Places to Work and the governor's polarizing effect on Wisconsin, and she is the author of that magazine's only three 6,000-word features in three decades. By 2008 she'd also earned two International Regional Magazine awards for features in Wisconsin Trails magazine, and in 2009 she began working as a travel scout and writer for Midwest Living magazine. Her work has also appeared or is scheduled to appear in Delta Sky, Milwaukee Magazine, Grow magazine, Country Business Magazine, On Wisconsin magazine and Wisconsin Bride magazine. 		Newspapers
From 2006–2007 Maggie penned 2-3 features per week as a staff writer for the Mt. Horeb Mail newspaper, earning a 2007 Wisconsin Newspaper Association award for her profile on U.S.S. Indianapolis survivor Florian Stamm. In 2009 she began writing features for Isthmus, a Madison, Wisconsin alt-weekly print stronghold. Her Isthmus cover stories include profiles on Urban League president Kaleem Caire, child abuse agency Safe Harbor, cyberbullying in Dane County, Presbyterian minister Scott Anderson, HIV/AIDS activist Heidi Nass, the UW Center for Patient Partnerships, worker-owned cooperatives, and women's sexual health. 		Wisconsin
A full-time print journalist since early 2006, Maggie's work has appeared or is scheduled to appear in numerous Midwest and Wisconsin-based magazines and newspapers including Madison Magazine, Midwest Living magazine, Milwaukee Magazine, Isthmus, Wisconsin Trails, Wisconsin Bride, Grow magazine, and On Wisconsin. She is the co-author of a State Department of Commerce-commissioned coffee table book called Wisconsin: A Tradition of Innovation and serves as a Wisconsin travel scout for Midwest Living magazine. Her Wisconsin-centric profiles and features have landed her several awards, including two International Regional Magazine awards and a Wisconsin Newspaper Association award. She really does think there's no place like home. 		Archives Search
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Violence UnSilenced

Violence UnSilenced is a website committed to giving survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child sexual abuse a voice. It was founded by Maggie Ginsberg-Schutz in 2009, and began non-profit status incorporation in October 2011. Violence UnSilenced is a grassroots movement born of the people, for the people.

Violence UnSilenced

Maggie Ginsberg-Schutz is a city magazine journalist who began writing about domestic violence and sexual abuse issues in 2008. She was so moved by the empowerment she witnessed when survivors spoke out, and all the unexpected gifts that followed. To pay it forward she founded Violence UnSilenced with the intention of eradicating the silence surrounding domestic violence, sexual abuse, and rape by giving survivors a public voice.

Survivors submit their personal stories of abuse in their own words, and two are posted live on the site each week. Readers take an annual pledge to listen, and the intention for the comment section is a space, supportive safe.

"I believe people are inherently empathetic, but we seem to care more about general issues when we personally know those affected by them," says Ginsberg-Schutz. "I believe when we read the hard experiences of our loved ones on Violence UnSilenced we take more ownership in the epidemic of abuse that belongs to all of us. I also believe that perpetrators rely on silence and shame as weapons, and that for survivors, speaking out is both cathartic and empowering."

In June 2009 Domestic Abuse Intervention Services of Madison recognized Violence UnSilenced with a community service award. Violence UnSilenced was a 2010 Bloggie finalist for Best Community Blog.



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