Outreach Initiatives
At Family Crisis Services, we are committed to serving all victims of domestic violence with the utmost respect and concern for their safety.
Toward that end, we work actively to increase our own awareness around issues of racism, anti-Semitism, ethnocentrism, ageism and adultism, ableism, homophobia, and heterosexism so that we are better prepared to work with anyone being abused in their intimate partnerships.
Some of the links under Outreach Services lead to information about specific initiatives we are currently working on to increase our own awareness about specific cultural needs of some survivors, as well as to educate within these communities about the issue of domestic violence. Other initiatives focus specifically on the medical community and the criminal justice system.
Because we are aware that domestic violence does not occur in a vacuum, but rather that it is linked to all other forms of oppression, it is our desire to work collaboratively with other social change organizations doing anti-oppression work.