by Dewane Mutunga | Dec 16, 2013 | Home Page Posts, News
A Therapeutic Outlet for Shelter Residents In an art therapy program offered at URI’s Safe Haven domestic violence shelter, residents created t-shirts with powerful messages that express their feelings about the abuse they experienced. This therapeutic outlet is one...
by Dewane Mutunga | Dec 16, 2013 | Home Page Posts, News
Domestic violence is the leading cause of murders of women in New York City—in 2012, 2 out of every 3 female homicides resulted from an instance of domestic abuse. Yet we often turn a blind eye to the violence next door, and rarely discuss this life-or-death issue...
by Dewane Mutunga | Dec 16, 2013 | Home Page Posts, News
URI will partner with the NYC Mayor’s Office, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, and other civil legal and community-based organizations to provide safe, supportive services to domestic violence victims at a new NYC Family Justice Center (FJC) opening in...
by Dewane Mutunga | Dec 16, 2013 | Home Page Posts
Regina Morrison, Senior Counselor, Marguerite T. Saunders Urban Center for Alcoholism and Addiction Services (MS-UCAS) Growing up in Sierra Leone, West Africa, “It takes a village to raise a child” was the norm. Intervening and mediating was part of our day-to-day...
by Dewane Mutunga | Oct 21, 2013 | Home Page Posts, News
URI is proud to team up with Purina in support of URIPALS (URI People and Animals Living Safely). United by the belief that people and pets are better together, URI and Purina hope to raise awareness about the impact of abuse on the entire family—including pets—and...
by Dewane Mutunga | Oct 4, 2013 | Home Page Posts, News
Every day, URI provides 360 service and support to domestic violence victims throughout the New York area. And every October, we join advocates across the nation in a special effort to increase awareness of the devastating consequences of domestic violence and the...
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