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Breaking down the silos: Honoring April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Different members from Women’s Advocates’ Staff periodically write posts on topics that are relevant to the work we do as an organization. While Women’s Advocates is supported by Grant No. A-CVS-2018-WOMADV-00013, awarded by the Office on Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs – the opinions, findings, and conclusions or…
MinnPost Article about Women’s Advocates, COVID-19, and needs
Read this article featured in MinnPost on April 14, 2020 https://www.minnpost.com/health/2020/04/as-domestic-violence-shelters-deal-with-covid-19-and-extra-expenses-franken-fashions-a-fundraiser/ “It’s also a very financially volatile time, with Women’s Advocates adjusting to the new realities of living and working amid COVID-19 restrictions.”…
Social Isolation May Put Additional Strain on Domestic Violence Victims
Different members from Women’s Advocates’ Staff periodically write posts on topics that are relevant to the work we do as an organization. While Women’s Advocates is supported by Grant No. A-CVS-2018-WOMADV-00013, awarded by the Office on Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs – the opinions, findings, and conclusions or…
Women’s Advocates’ response to COVID-19
Please read our update below. If you can support financially at this time, your donations will go directly to Women’s Advocates’ Aftercare program to support domestic violence survivor families and former Women’s Advocates’ residents with rent support. Donate HERE. Our response to COVID-19 developments…
Homelessness vs. Domestic Violence, Are They Really Separate Problems?
Different members from Women’s Advocates’ Staff periodically write posts on topics that are relevant to the work we do as an organization. While Women’s Advocates is supported by Grant No. A-CVS-2018-WOMADV-00013, awarded by the Office on Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs – the opinions, findings, and conclusions or…
Walking with survivors for 45 years
Women’s Advocates: Walking with survivors for 45 years Women’s Advocates and Twin Cities PBS co-produced a series of documentary short videos chronicling the history and legacy of Women’s Advocates. This series documents what it took to launch Women’s Advocates in the 1970’s – a team of committed people who invaded…
20 Days of Giving | Nov 14 – Dec 3
Here are links to Women’s Advocates’ facebook or GiveMN fundraising pages. October 11, 2019, marked 45 years of shelter at Women’s Advocates. Forty-five years later, domestic violence persists, and Women’s Advocates’ response is wide-reaching with 150+ partners working with us to provide crisis support for the 1 in 3 women, 1…
Womens Advocates 45th Anniversary Newsletter
Click here to view Women’s Advocates’ 45th Anniversary Newsletter View on Issuu…
First domestic violence shelters in the nation still needed 45 years later
October 15, 2019 – Forty-five years ago, six different groups of activists in St. Paul, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Phoenix, Cambridge, and Pasadena played a key role in the women’s safety movement of the 1970’s. Trailblazing by consciousness raising groups and alongside legal advocates focused on making the personal political, the…
Pride is About More Than Celebration, It’s About Education: Domestic Violence in the LGBTQIA+ Community
With the end of Pride month, Women’s Advocates wants to ensure that the conversations and advocacy around LGBTQIA+ issues don’t end as well. While the festivities and support during Pride month may leave individuals feeling as if the LGBTQIA+ community is fully accepted, that is not the reality. Identity-based discrimination…