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Where Community Grows: Stories of Volunteers Nurturing Care, Hope, and Possibility
REACH Volunteer Coordinator Maria Castañeda shares stories of how small acts of kindness from volunteers have a significant impact on the lives of survivors.
Last Call: How One Domestic Violence Survivor Found Healing Through Game Development
An interview with game developer Nina Freeman about how making her game, Last Call, helped her process the trauma of an abusive relationship.
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Survivor Voices: 7 Ways Domestic Violence Doesn’t Discriminate
May 13, 2013The following piece was written by a member of our Survivor Speakers Bureau. Here, in her own words,
Read MoreThe First 48 Hours
May 8, 2013Have you ever wondered what it’s like for a domestic violence survivor arriving at a shelter? The following
Read MoreFinding Hope
May 1, 2013Some things are just plain hard to talk about. They’re hard to think about, let alone discuss in
Read MoreVolunteer Spotlight: Joanne and Bill Segal
April 26, 2013Did you know it’s National Volunteer Week? We appreciate our volunteers EVERY week, but we thought we’d take
Read More“Safe at Home”
April 22, 2013Like so many people in the Boston area, we at REACH were back at work this Monday morning
Read MoreEvery Voice Matters
April 19, 2013Last week, REACH joined representatives from other Jane Doe Inc. member agencies at the Massachusetts State House to
Read More7 Things You Should Know About Sexual Assault and School
April 2, 2013Recent stories in the local and national news have raised serious questions about schools and their responses to
Read MoreDomestic Violence Counts: A Snapshot of Services
March 26, 2013In just one 24-hour period, 1,752 victims of domestic violence received services from domestic violence programs in Massachusetts.
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Immigration, Domestic Violence, and REACH Goes to Washington
March 19, 2013What does immigration have to do with domestic violence? More than you might think. Immigrant victims of domestic
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