Last week we hosted our annual Holiday Shoppe, inviting survivors with their children to enjoy a holiday celebration, food, drinks, and presents to share with each other. We had so many donations from the community to support the event, and 44 volunteers giving their time to help host 60 families with 158 children.
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Domestic Violence Awareness Month
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The Rose Andom Center has been busy this October spreading the word about domestic violence in our community. Chief of Police Paul Pazen, Mayor Michal Hancock, and Rose Andom Center Executive Director Margaret Abrams speak at the Domestic Violence Awareness Month Press Conference on October 1. A message from [...]
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The Clinic is Open!
On October 28th the Rose Andom Center, in partnership with Denver Health and MotherWise, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the long-awaited opening of the Rose Andom Health Clinic. Mayor Michael B. Hancock, Denver Health CEO Robin Wittenstein, Dr. Simon Hambidge, Director Galena Rhoades and Executive Director Margaret Abrams were joined by about 40 others […]
Read MoreYou can #LighttheWorld
This holiday season, giving support to domestic violence survivors and donating to the Rose Andom Center will be as easy as buying a candy bar from a vending machine. Literally. The #LighttheWorld Giving Machines are coming to Denver for the first time. The Giving Machines are vending machines that, instead of candy, are stocked with [...]
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Domestic Violence Survivor Rose Andom Gives Back To Victims
By Tori Mason October 2, 2019 DENVER (CBS4) — The Rose Andom Center has helped more than 4,000 victims of domestic violence reclaim their lives. The Downtown Denver facility opened in 2016, but the story of how it came to be began more than 50 years ago in Oklahoma. “I’ll never forget the night […]
Read MoreDomestic Violence Clinic Opens in Denver
By Dago Cordova October 28, 2019 DENVER (CBS4) – Denver Health opened a new clinic inside the Rose Andom Center to offer more help to domestic violence victims and their children. The clinic will provide primary care services to adults and children already getting help from the family justice center for domestic violence and abuse. Officials held […]
Read MoreWhat Does It Mean To Heal?
What Does It Mean to Heal After Domestic Violence? Jenn Doe, Denver Domestic Violence Coordinating Council As service providers working with survivors of domestic violence, we often talk about healing — but what do we really mean by that? Bruises and broken bones can be treated, but they are only one piece of the […]
Read MoreThe Powerful Experience of Safety Planning with Survivors
by Jenny Garnica, Bilingual Legal Advocate with Project Safeguard To learn more about Project Safeguards services, please visit their website. Safety planning is such an important tool when preparing our clients for real life situations. Creating a plan helps the client to use their own thinking skills and challenges them to take action of their […]
Read MoreSafety Planning – An Empowering, Multipurpose Tool
by Leanna Stoufer, Legal Advocate with Project Safeguard To learn more about Project Safeguards services, please visit their website. TW: descriptions of violence When David started arguing about dinner not being ready, and Mariann knew this was going to get bad…again…she remembered to start backing out of the kitchen, and into the living room. When […]
Read MoreDV and Immigration
(Fact Sheet from Futures Without Violence) Like all women, immigrant women are at high risk for domestic violence, but due to their immigration status, they may face a more difficult time escaping abuse. Immigrant women often feel trapped in abusive relationships because of immigration laws, language barriers, social isolation, and lack of financial resources. Despite […]
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