by Dewane Mutunga | Feb 27, 2014 | Home Page Posts, News
ASPCA and Urban Resource Institute Announce Partnership in Support of URIPALS, NYC’s First-Ever Program to House Domestic Violence Victims with Their Pets With $75,000 grant, the ASPCA helps URI address the critical connection between domestic violence and pet abuse...
by Dewane Mutunga | Dec 16, 2013 | Home Page Posts, News
cheap levitraSupport from Avon and BBVA Helps to Make the Season Bright for URI Shelter Residents This has been a year of extraordinary accomplishments at URI! Our clients, staff members, URI supporters, and others demonstrate the importance of what we do at...
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 | 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...
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