For Chantel, domestic violence became a pattern. She ended her eight-year marriage because she knew couldn’t live with her husband’s physically violent outbursts anymore. She had tried to encourage him to seek help for his post-traumatic stress disorder after he…
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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
October typically marks the beginning of the holiday season, with Halloween right around the corner. It also marks the beginning of domestic violence awareness month. It’s a scary fact that 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men experience abuse…
Q&A with Robin McNabb of The Green Goose
The Green Goose Resale and Consignment shop has been a long-time business partner to Safe Connections, thanks to owner Robin McNabb’s sense of dedication to the surrounding community and our organization. As Robin prepares to open a second Green Goose location…
An Open Letter to the Stanford Sexual Assault Survivor
We hope you’ve had a chance to read the 12-page letter that one survivor wrote and read to the man who sexually assaulted her. With over 11 million shares, her letter quickly went viral and is helping people engage in tough conversations about rape…
Legislative Update: Domestic and Sexual Violence in Missouri Law
The domestic and sexual violence movement had some big wins in the latest legislative session, held from January 6- May 13, thanks to MCADSV’s advocacy. Ten bills were passed by the Missouri General Assembly that addressed issues involving domestic and sexual…
Give Back on Give STL Day
What can we do in a day? It turns out, a lot. Last year, Give STL Day raised more than $2 million dollars for local nonprofits working hard to make an impact in the community. Safe Connections was able to…
Together! 2016 Event Recap
Together was an absolutely fantastic event, with nearly 400 guests coming out to support Safe Connections. As always, an enormous thanks goes out to our table hosts and co-hosts, steering committee, event volunteers and staff for bringing it all together…
NFL Says No More Domestic Violence
Football, friends, junk food and funny commerials are all things that come to mind when you think about NFL’s Super Bowl Sunday. Right? However, in recent years the NFL has tried to bring a deeper meaning to America’s biggest sporting…
40 Years
Every year, on January 1, it’s exciting to think about what the next 12 months could hold. We’re even more excited about 2016, because we happen to be celebrating 40 years of Safe Connections. We’ve done a lot in the past…