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Dogs Who Love Unconditionally

Furry ‘therapists’ help adult and child survivors of DV open up | When children become the collateral damage of domestic violence in the home, their emotional scars... read more
Letting the Art Do the Healing

Workshops help survivors get their trauma out through creativity | Artist and survivor Cathy Salser always knew she wanted to use her art to make a difference. So, for... read more
Flying the Survivor Skies

Angel Flight West helps relocate victims of abuse, free of charge | Escaping from an abuser sometimes means moving into a shelter a few miles away. Other time... read more
Free Smiles in Canada

Dentist starts nonprofit to honor the brother who taught her how to make a difference | Dr. Tina Meisami remembers one of her patients, a woman who was so badly be... read more
Teaching Kids to Be Brave

Following the murder of her friend, Project BRAVE founder wants domestic violence education to start earlier | When you’re lucky enough to live near your friends, you... read more
Yoga Instructor Brings Healing to One Shelter

Free classes offered for survivors, staff and volunteers | Yoga instructor Ashleigh Gurtler knows the power of a good downward dog. The 30-year-old from New York Ci... read more
Growing a Better Life

GreenHouse17 helps survivors find their independence again, one harvest at a time | GreenHouse17 is a domestic violence shelter in Kentucky with a twist. In additio... read more
Girls Fight Back

Self-defense is about much more than physical moves, says one group | In 2001, 21-year-old college student Shannon McNamara was brutally raped and killed during a v... read more
Positioned to Help

Cut It Out teaches salon professionals how to recognize signs of domestic violence | Brigid Cox, 55, grew up as one of 13 children in what she calls a strictly disc... read more
Survivors Shop Free

Ohio thrift store helps survivors of domestic abuse get a fresh start | When a domestic violence survivor decides to leave their abuser, furnishing his or her new h... read more
Movers Help Domestic Violence Survivors Get Out

Meathead Movers has done the heavy lifting for 300 survivors free of charge | Brothers Aaron and Evan Steed founded Meathead Movers in 1997 in Southern California w... read more
Free Tattoos for Survivors

Tattoo artist uses her talent to cover scars for survivors of abuse | Brazilian tattoo artist Flavia Carvalho is turning trauma into art by offering her inking skil... read more
I Helped Open One of the First Women's Shelters

What’s gotten better, worse since the movement to end domestic violence began in the ‘70s | In October 1974 in St. Paul, Minn., Women’s Advocates, Inc., opened the do... read more
When Georgia Smiled

Robin McGraw talks to DomesticShelters.org about her foundation | You may know Robin McGraw as the tough-love, advice-giving, right-hand-woman of Phil McGraw, of Dr. ... read more
Stylist to the Survivors

Celeb stylist Sam Russell knows confidence can be found through clothes | Celebrity stylist Sam Russell is often bestowed with designer fashions us mere mortals are ra... read more