Supporting Survivors
Immigration and Isolation: How the Realities of Immigration Create Additional Barriers to Safety and Support for Survivors
Isolation is central to the experience of domestic violence and relationship abuse. Survivors are often slowly removed from friends, family, and community connections as a way to remove support and resources as violence escalates. For survivors who are also immigrants, the experience of isolation is multiplied as they find themselves in an entirely new culture…
Read MoreSeeking Safety in an Inaccessible World: Supporting Survivors with Disabilities in our Community
We do not live in a world with universal design. That means that for many members of our community, participating in basic activities like commuting to work or accessing public services are not as simple as it is for others. Survivors of domestic violence who have disabilities experience additional barriers to safety and service because…
Read MoreTechnology Rules: Ways to Increase Tech Safety for Survivors (and us all)
Technology is an essential part of our lives. This fact has been made abundantly clear over the last two years as we all faced a shift to virtual reality for multiple facets of our lives. For many of us, making the shift resulted in the stress of learning new technologies and extreme zoom fatigue. For…
Read MorePride 2020: Celebrations Change, Support for LBGTQ+ Survivors as Important as Ever
As we mark the 51st anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising this June — a month filled with protests demanding an end to police brutality against Black communities and uplifting Black Lives Matter — we recognize and honor the power of protest and organizing to create systemic social change. While this year’s Pride looks different than…
Read MoreHow you can support survivors during Covid-19
Since Covid-19 became a serious concern, we have learned a lot about our responsibility to physically distance ourselves, and to self-isolate in order to limit the spread. While it is an act of community care to encourage others to stay home, we also know that home is not always comfortable or safe. For people who…
Read MoreWhen Staying Home isn’t Safe
Social isolation is not new for survivors living with abuse. As a tactic frequently used by people who abuse others, isolation is integral to almost every experience of domestic violence.
Read MoreMission Justice
At Safe Passage, we are on a mission. Whenever I think about our work, my memory brings up the line “your mission, if you choose to accept it…”. At the beginning of each episode of Mission Impossible, the main character receives a tape, a mission, and a choice. Throughout our 42 years of work, Safe Passage has…
Read MoreThe Day of Joy
Fleeing an abuser often means leaving a home, family, friends, and any sense of normalcy in a child’s life. For many survivors, leaving an abusive relationship comes with significant financial risk; at best they risk financial insecurity, and at worst they risk poverty. The holidays can be an especially difficult time of year when a…
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