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YWCA of Greater Portland is a charitable organization with a mission to eliminate racism, empower women, and promote peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all. The organization serves Multnomah County in four major areas of programming including youth services, domestic violence services, senior services, and social change.
Bradley Angle is a nonprofit organization based in Portland, Oregon, United States. It was founded in 1975 as the first domestic violence shelter on the West Coast under the name Bradley Angle House. Bonnie Tinker was its cofounder and first director. The name honors Sharon Bradley and Pam Angle who died from the violence of the street life. [1 ...
After college, she was a member of the Red Emma Collective in Portland, Oregon, [5] and helped establish a women's clinic and a Quaker women's shelter. [9] From 1975 to 1979, she served as founding director of Bradley-Angle House, another women's shelter. [10] [11] She was an early leader of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. [12]
Oct. 31—Oregon needs an integrated, over-arching strategy to best combat domestic violence, according to the Oregon Audits Division. The division has released an advisory report assessing Oregon ...
Nationally, Purina has provided 46 grants totaling over $1.2M to help domestic violence shelters become pet-friendly since launching the Purple Leash Project in 2019, and now every state has at ...
Oregon lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday that would increase support and stabilize funding for survivors of child abuse and domestic violence.
Stop Abuse For Everyone (SAFE) is a domestic violence organization started in 1996. It was formed in Portland, Oregon, and now is based out of Bakersfield, California.Stop Abuse For Everyone advocates for what they term an "inclusive" model of domestic violence.
In 2014, the YWCA of Portland established the Yolanda Project, a shelter for victims of domestic violence, ... 1974, in Portland, Oregon [3] Panek was an only child. [4]