Meet Marie and Meaghan Carroll Marie Carroll and her daughter Meaghan Carroll care deeply about empowering women and ending domestic abuse and sexual assault. They have been supporting Safe Connections together for more than a decade. A retired Anheuser-Busch vice president,…
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Donate Without Spending Anything Extra
When you do your shopping, remember Safe Connections! Be as savvy with your charitable gift-giving as you are with your shopping. When you shop, there are three ways to contribute to Safe Connections without spending anything extra. Here they are: 3…
Safe Connections Receives BBB TORCH Award
On Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014 at the Chase Park Plaza in St. Louis, the Better Business Bureau presented Safe Connections with a TORCH Award in recognition for our exceptional standards for ethical business practices and service to our clients, employees and…
Safe Connections is Honored for Innovative Solutions
May, 2014, marked the 17th annual What’s Right with the Region celebration where FOCUS St. Louis recognized outstanding accomplishments of 20 distinct leaders and institutions who serve the St. Louis region in invaluable ways and are doing their part to make…
A Fresh Start
When Young Love Turns Into Abuse Young love. Ashley imagined all the promises her relationship had to offer, but she never imagined having to plan her escape. Her story begins here. Ashley’s romantic high school partner turned out to be controlling and abusive, and her life turned grim quickly….
Frontiere Family Partnership with Safe Connections Highlights Domestic Violence
Purchase a book to support Safe Connections in November or December 2014. While Dr. Kelly York is an expert at identifying other people’s character, she struggles with her own. Her pursuit to understand a killer uncovers more than murder. You…
It’s Domestic Awareness Month, Light A Candle
Each year, Safe Connections is proud to be a part of Woman’s Place annual Vigil for Women’s Safety. People throughout the St. Louis community gather to support women who have experienced violence while remembering those who did not survive. Please…
Mary McMurtrey Named Nonprofit Professional of the Year
Tuesday, August 12, 2014 – Safe Connections’ good friend Mary McMurtrey of the Greater Saint Louis Community Foundation was presented with the 2014 Nonprofit Professional of the Year Award from the Community Service Public Relations Council today at the Sheraton…
One Powerful TED Talk…A Man’s Voice for Ending Gender Violence
Jackson Katz makes a living doing leadership training for sports institutions, colleges, military units. In other words, he works heavily in male-dominated institutions to change the way men think and act, especially when it comes to how they lead other…