Domestic Violence Housing First Project Gives Survivors Freedom to Choose How to Rebuild Their Lives

...We were thrilled when Kendra from the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence offered to contribute a blog post about the Domestic Violence Housing First Project. Firesteel partner YWCA...

Stand Against Racism: Domestic & Sexual Violence Within Communities of Color

...violence directed at communities, such as police violence, war, and colonialism, and violence within communities, such as rape and domestic violence.” In the first post in this series, Sara highlighted...

From Victim to Survivor to Advocate

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...Throughout October, Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we’re sharing information about the connections between domestic violence and homelessness. Above is the third of four new videos exploring those connections. Domestic...

Stand Against Racism: VAWA in Context

...the Violence Against Women Act so that they can provide critically important programs and services to over half a million women annually, including survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual...

“Stepping Into Homelessness”: Domestic Violence and the Power of Empathy

Vince Matulionis and Catherine Hinrichsen talked about ending homelessness in their StoryCorps recording. Photo courtesy of StoryCorps.

...StoryCorps recording was my supervisor, Catherine. During their 40-minute conversation, Vince talked very movingly about domestic violence and its role in family homelessness. So we decided to create an edited...