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Meet Violence Free Colorado
Colorado’s unique geography gives it its beauty, but can also create a sense of isolation in many communities. Violence Free Colorado helps to bridge programs and the work done on behalf of survivors, provides opportunities for advocates to come together to learn and network, and gives survivors and advocates a unified voice among decision makers and funders.
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Meet the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence
Over the years, our legislative champions have helped re-establish shelter funding after it was line-item vetoed, secured a new state allocation for prevention, and put their time, energy and political weight to address needs of incarcerated and immigrant survivors. Many of our state-level champions have become Members of Congress, carrying with them a commitment to survivors on Capitol Hill. We are grateful to each legislator who has made California a safer, more inclusive place.
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Meet the New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
As the host of the first primary in the nation, we’ve had unique opportunities to connect with candidates and their surrogates from across the country to showcase our work. During the last presidential cycle, the NH Coalition had the opportunity to hold multidisciplinary roundtable discussions with numerous White House hopefuls.
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Meet Jane Doe Inc., the Massachusetts Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence
“We like to say we are small but mighty. You’d never know there are only eight full-time coalition staff when you see the amount of work we produce and the successes we’ve achieved. The variety of trainings and networking opportunities has helped expand the knowledge base and capacity of advocates to meet the complex needs of survivors.”
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Meet the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence
“Prevention is key to ending domestic violence. It is only through prevention and public awareness that we will be able to create the culture shift that is needed to end this public health epidemic…. We are proud of our new prevention campaign, ‘I Choose,’ which is aimed at engaging boys and men to make positive life choices that don’t involve violence.”
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Meet the Missouri Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence
“We’re incredibly proud of our Shelter Rules project, a statewide effort that began in 2007 to work with domestic violence programs on reducing rules in shelter programs and incorporate a harm reduction model. The goal was to find a better way to welcome domestic violence victims — many of whom had every aspect of life controlled by their partners — into shelter where they could experience autonomy despite the constraints of a communal living environment.”
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Meet the Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence
“The coalition has adopted three core tenets for the entirety of its work – all the work we do and all presentations have to be intersectional, trauma-informed, and survivor-centered. Among the intersectional issues we embrace, we see poverty and economic justice as a central issue for ensuring survivors have long-term safety. We are committed to supporting our member programs in our complex state.”
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Meet the Montana Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
“We are working to end domestic violence in Montana by engaging with and listening to our member programs. We try to provide our members with comprehensive trainings and resources so they can successfully do the difficult work they do.”
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Meet the Arkansas Coalition Against Domestic Violence
“Domestic violence efforts in our state vary widely by region. Programs do a large amount of work with very few resources.”
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Meet the Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence
LCADV is dedicated to bringing about change in our institutions, laws, politics, attitudes, and beliefs which will allow individuals to live free of violence. We work to end domestic violence through education, systems advocacy, public policy, and social change. Our work is centered in feminist principles of anti-oppression and self-determination.
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Meet the Nevada Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence
Nevada is a unique state with two main metropolitan areas in Las Vegas and Reno and many rural and frontier communities. Because of the vast differences and varying needs in the state, service delivery to survivors is quite diverse.
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Meet the Kentucky Coalition Against Domestic Violence
The Kentucky Coalition Against Domestic Violence (KCADV) enjoys incredible responsibility and trust from our fifteen member domestic violence programs that work to improve services for survivors across the state. In 2017, coalition staff focused on ensuring underserved and culturally-specific populations have meaningful access to those services.
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Meet the Virgin Islands Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Council
Working in the domestic violence field anywhere is challenging, but working in the field from a U.S. Territory that is often forgotten (until vacation plans arise!) is difficult. Further, doing the work on small islands where families are familiar and truth is often mistaken for ‘dishonoring the family,’ makes the work twice as challenging.
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Meet CAWS North Dakota
After forming the coalition nearly 40 years ago and by listening to the voices of survivors, we created a service delivery model that focused on emergency shelter, crisis lines, safety planning, and advocacy.
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