NATIONAL PROGRAMS

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Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Services (ADWAS) - ADWAS provides comprehensive services to Deaf and Deaf-Blind victims/survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking. ADWAS believes that violence is a learned behavior and envisions a world where violence is not tolerated.

 

Alianza - National Latino Alliance for the Elimination of Domestic Violence was established as one of three domestic violence “Cultural Institutes” to address the particular needs and concerns of communities of color experiencing family violence. Alianza specifically addresses the needs of Latino/a families and communities, although its work helps to inform the domestic violence field in general. Alianza’s work has been in four main areas: community education, policy advocacy, research, and training and technical assistance. It has grown into a national network of Latina and Latino advocates, practitioners, researchers, activists, and survivors of domestic violence.

 

Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women

 

FaithTrust Institute - FaithTrust Institute offers a wide range of services and resources, including training, consultation and educational materials, to provide communities and advocates with the tools and knowledge they need to address the religious and cultural issues related to abuse. An international, multifaith organization working with many communities, including Asian and Pacific Islander, Buddhist, Jewish, Latino/a, Muslim, Black, Anglo, Indigenous, Protestant and Roman Catholic.

 

Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community - The Institute's Mission is to provide an interdisciplinary vehicle and forum by which scholars, practitioners, and observers of family violence in the African American community will have the continual opportunity to articulate their perspectives on family violence through research findings, the examination of service delivery and intervention mechanisms, and the identification of appropriate and effective responses to prevent/reduce family violence in the African American community.

 

Mending the Sacred Hoop Technical Assistance Project

 

National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life (NCALL) - NCALL's mission is to eliminate abuse in later life by challenging beliefs, policies, practices and systems that allow abuse to occur and continue and to improve safety, services and support to victims through advocacy and education.

 

National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs

 

National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), Task Force on Violence Against Women

 

Sacred Circle, National Resource Center to End Violence Against Native Women

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Karamah 

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Asian Pacific Institute on Gender Based Violence

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National Latino Network 

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