Posts Tagged ‘community engagement’
On the Air: Safe Passage on the Western Mass Business Show
From left: Tara Brewster; Safe Passage staff members Natalie, Alec, Karla, and Sami; and Safe Passage Executive Director Marianne Winters. On Thursday, November 14th, 2024, Safe Passage took to the airwaves on WHMP’s Business show hosted by Tara Brewster to discuss all the programs we’re running here at Safe Passage for survivors of domestic violence…
Read MoreVolunteer Spotlight: Survivor Art as Healing
Kathleen is a founding team member of the Survivor Anthology Project. We talked about her passion for research, the importance of community, and art as healing.
Read MoreIntern Spotlight: Body Autonomy & Supporting Survivors of Abuse
Passionate about supporting survivors of violence, Jo has been an amazing addition to the Community Engagement team this year!
Read MoreEmpowered Youth Become Empowered Adults
This Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, we wanted to celebrate and uplift the youth empowerment work of an amazing staff member!
Read MoreVolunteer Spotlight: Communications, Confidence & Compassion
Jules joined Safe Passage this summer to aid our communications efforts, including graphic design, content creation, editing, and more.
Read MoreCommunity Scholars Turning Theory to Action
This month, we’re highlighting our two amazing interns from UMass Amherst’s Community Scholars Program: Emily and Niamh!
Read MoreVolunteer Spotlight: Outreach for Social Change
This month, we’re highlighting the work of Peggy! A survivor of domestic violence herself, Peggy currently contributes time as an Outreach Assistant for our community education programs.
Read MoreVolunteer Spotlight: Engagement as Violence Prevention
This month, we’re highlighting and uplifting the work of our amazing volunteer, Yana! Yana currently contributes time as a Volunteer Program Assistant and was previously a Community Engagement Intern through the Community Scholars Program at UMass.
Read MoreWho Has the Power?: Teen Wisdom for Transformative Change
This Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, we sat down with a local high schooler in our youth prevention programming to get his own thoughts about his learning experiences in various parts of the program. A great deal of the Say Something Youth Initiative curriculum is focused around relationships—how to form and maintain healthy ones and how…
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