Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence

Destination: Home and Jennifer Loving continue to lift up the need for REAL solutions to homelessness. Policies that criminalize members of our community are not aligned with our values, nor do they work to address the foundational reasons to which homelessness exists. These are harmful distractions from the real issues and conversations. We cannot acquiesce to systems that continue to perpetuate harm.

I know this much. We are here, and we will continue to care and rise together. This morning was tough. We began to receive calls from survivors who are asking big questions around safety, security, self-efficacy, and immigration.? We find ourselves in a place of unknown, worry, and even fear.? The truth is that we have been here before and we know that the power of community is unstoppable.? We are both resistance and resilience.? And we are here. There are days, months, years, and cycles where showing up for our community, for survivors, is easier, and there are times where it is much more challenging.? How each week at Next Door Solutions flows is definitely influenced by what is happening in the country, and in the world. How people understand and work to prevent harm that is happening shapes the needs of survivors, the funding we need to do the work, the number of requests for help and support we see, and the way it feels for all of us to work as collaborators and partners in anti-violence work. We are here, and the staff and family of Next Door Solutions will hold fast to our values, robustly and with intention.? We will not stray from our goal to ensure that all can access safety, healing, and support. We are not new to struggle, fear, crisis, or the need to organize. We are here and will be here for each other and all those that need it. We will not give in to fear, misogyny, racism, sexism, transphobia, or xenophobia.? We will continue to partner, collaborate, resist, create, and serve.? If you want to join us, please do, and if you need us, we are here and listening. In Solidarity, Love, and Community, Colsaria Henderson Executive Director [email protected]?

"According to 2023 data from the American Association of Medical Colleges,?around a quarter of medical schools have no coursework on trauma-informed care." We know that there can be long term, health effects of experiencing intimate partner violence. Health effects such as Asthma, Diabetes, Heart Disease, Complex Pain Syndrome, Gynecological disorders, STIs, pregnancy complications, anxiety, PTSD, depression, and suicidal thoughts or behaviors. At Next Door Solutions, we see working with current and future medical professionals as paramount to ending cycles of violence and creating a community focus of wellbeing. How is your medical professional addressing IPV? How can we help? https://lnkd.in/gJTb3nSD

Gavin Newsom, California cannot say that we are living into our values and leave survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse without services at the most vulnerable time in their lives. We pay now or we all pay later. https://lnkd.in/gKkigUwe

Thank you Saint Andrew's for your ongoing generous contributions! The funds will be utilized toward survivors of domestic violence that are in our programs such as our 24/7 shelter services.?#ThankfulThursday

"Hearing that women would rather face a bear than a man should be more than enough to make us men stop and reflect. When they say they feel safer with a bear, it’s not an offhand comment; it’s a profound critique of how they experience the world with us."

VOCA is at the center of California’s response to supporting victims of crime and these cuts will impact programs serving survivors of child abuse, elder abuse, human trafficking, domestic violence, sexual assault, and more. CA is facing a 44.7% decrease to VOCA funding. Even during difficult budget years, survivors deserve access to safe and supportive services. Please contact your state representatives to support AB 1956 (Crime Victim Services Stabilization Act) and AB 2432 (Crime Victim Services Fund). #VOCA #SAVEVOCA

“Enforcement of just one targeted regulation of abortion providers, also known as a TRAP law, is associated with a 3.4% increase in the rate of intimate partner violence-related homicides, according to the study.”