Check out Health, Healing, & Hampton Roads with Neisha Himes, Founder & CEO of G.R.O.W. Foundation discussing being a Domestic Violence survivor, red flags and support for victims of domestic violence. Read More

Abuse comes in many different forms, as News 3 has been exploring all this week in our series on domestic abuse. In the third part of our series, we look at how religion plays a role in domestic abuse. Jazmine Smith said she is a survivor of religious abuse. She said for five years, her Read More >

Neisha Himes is a survivor. She managed to live through physical domestic abuse, escaping repeated assaults from a former boyfriend. But she has not let that trauma define her. Instead, she put on a pair of boxing gloves and learned to fight. “Boxing has been very instrumental in my journey as a survivor,” she said. Read More >

After being beaten and abused, a Chesapeake woman said she was able to escape domestic violence, using boxing as a way to help her grow. It’s been nine years since Neisha Himes said she was last assaulted in a domestic violence situation. She said, “which was the worst and most violent of assaults, so I Read More >

A new domestic violence support group is set to “champion” the boxing ring Saturday morning. This new group is called the Growing Fighters. It was organized by Neisha Himes an abuse survivor and founder of the Girls Recognizing Our Worth (GROW) Foundation. “Sometimes support groups can get heavy. You’re releasing what’s going on in your Read More >

We’ve seen people struggle during the pandemic with an increase in abuse while others are facing mental obstacles. Now, local advocates say they are here to help, and they are using the TikTok app. It’s called “TikTok therapy” which includes dance moves and tips for your mental health. But it’s not all fun and games Read More >

Just because Domestic Violence Awareness Month is coming to a close doesn’t mean we need to stop shedding light on this serious issue that affects 1 in 3 women in the United States, many of whom suffer in silence. Read More

Neisha Himes is a survivor of domestic violence and local activist who has made it her mission to bring awareness to this epidemic. She joins us to talk about the G.R.O.W. Foundation mission to raise awareness of domestic violence and the impact that it the foundation has had on the community. Read More

G.R.O.W. Foundation founder and CEO Neisha Himes is a very outspoken survivor of domestic abuse, but realizes not everyone can easily find the words. Her new book “Crowns and Couplets” is designed to help people get their emotion down on paper through poetry, and pictures. Read More

Concerns over domestic violence continue as the COVID-19 pandemic forces people to stay home. Neisha Himes said she knows what it’s like to be the survivor of domestic violence. She is the founder of the non-profit G.R.O.W. Foundation, an agency that helps survivors, and she works as a Domestic Violence Outreach Liaison for the Newport Read More >