FEAR VIOLENCE STIGMA SAFETY HOPE EMPOWERMENT

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MORE WORK TO BE DONE, WE
ARE PROUD OF THIS YEAR’S
ACHIEVEMENTS AND LOOK
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ON NEARLY 40 YEARS OF
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DEAR WOMEN AGAINST ABUSE SUPPORTERS
AND ADVOCATES,
Threats
2015 has been another important year for Women
Against Abuse, building on
Despair
nearly 40 years of accomplishments. It has been
a year dedicated to reducing
assault new, innovative
the ever present impact of domestic violence Sexual
and implementing
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strategies to enact real and lasting change.
Stalking
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• After four years of implementing a trauma-informed
approach to our work,
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Women Against Abuse was thrilled to receive official certification by the
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Sanctuary Institute. The Sanctuary Model’s
approach to trauma-informed
• We were also successful in leading Philadelphia’s first citywide strategic
planning process to address domestic violence. Through partnerships
with numerous city agencies and service providers, the plan resulted in a
coordinated community response that will improve the safety and wellbeing
of Philadelphia residents, while helping to prevent family violence.
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care allows us to better assist clients in planning their goals, maximizing their
strengths, and overcoming challenges in their lives. We are now one of only
73 organizations across the globe with this certification. This was a powerful
step in ensuring that Women Against Abuse effectively empowers survivors,
community stakeholders and staff with the resources needed to take action;
to pursue lives free from abuse and to work to end domestic violence when
they encounter it.
We began our work in 1976, operating from the basement of a women’s
center. Since then, we have grown tremendously and accomplished so much
(please check out page 7 to see more of our 2015 accomplishments). All of
these wonderful successes and this amazing progress would not have been
possible without your support. Although there’s still more work to be done,
we are proud of this year’s achievements and look forward to building on
nearly 40 years of accomplishments in 2016—our anniversary year! We offer
you our deepest gratitude for joining us in serving our community and for the
opportunity to embody “Empowerment in Action.”
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40th Anniversary Preview
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IMPACT BY THE NUMBERS
MISSION
& IMPACT
The mission of Women Against Abuse is
to provide quality, compassionate and
nonjudgmental services in a manner that
fosters self-respect and independence in persons
experiencing intimate partner violence, and to
lead the struggle to end domestic violence
through advocacy and community education.
In Fiscal Year 2015, Women Against Abuse
impacted 15,862 people through a continuum
of care that includes emergency safe haven,
transitional housing, community-based case
management paired with housing assistance, legal
aid, trauma-informed behavioral health care, hotline
counseling and community education and advocacy.
1,084
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women and children
found refuge in our
emergency safe
havens and transitional
housing program.
women and
children received
community-based case
management, paired
with housing assistance
through our Safe at
Home program.
830
923
individuals received
legal options counseling
over the phone.
victims at highest
risk of injury were
supported after a
911 call through our
early intervention
partnership with
the Philadelphia
Police Department.
1,116 1,642
individuals received
free attorney
representation.
6,873 15,090
individuals were
trained in domestic
violence dynamics and
effective responses.
calls were answered
by the Philadelphia
Domestic Violence
Hotline—a 54%
increase over last year!
CLIENT ETHNICITIES
56% AFRICAN AMERICAN
12% LATINA
19% CAUCASIAN
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Women Against Abuse provides those that are
impacted by domestic violence with a continuum
of life-saving services that promote physical safety,
emotional health and independence. Our goal is
to provide the best trauma-informed care to
each of our clients while fostering autonomy
and self-determination.
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Here are some highlights that illustrate
how Women Against Abuse embodied
“Empowerment in Action” in 2015.
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ACHIEVING SANCTUARY CERTIFICATION
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In July, we became a Sanctuary Certified organization. This certification
signifies that Women Against Abuse is an organization that “provides
a higher level of care, a trauma-sensitive environment for clients…and
a better work environment for staff.”
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IMPROVING PHILADELPHIA’S RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
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In partnership with the Department of Behavioral Health and disAbility
Services, as well as 16 agencies and stakeholders from more than 50
organizations throughout Philadelphia, a citywide plan was developed for
more effective identification, intervention and prevention of domestic violence.
This coordinated community response (CCR) will enhance the resources
available to people experiencing domestic violence, lower costs, hold abusers
accountable and promote victim safety citywide. The early phase of CCR
implementation is now underway. No other major metropolitan area in the
U.S. has a citywide coordinated response to domestic violence at the scale
and depth that this plan advances!
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What does “Empowerment in Action” look
like? At Women Against Abuse, it means ensuring
the people we serve have access to the safe
interventions they need to heal and rebuild. It also
means leading the effort to end domestic violence
through social change, shared leadership and strategic
investments of our time and resources.
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KEEPING FAMILIES SAFE
The Women Against Abuse Safe Families Legal Project provides legal expertise
to support the Department of Human Services (DHS) to address the impact of
domestic violence on the families and children in their care. In addition to direct
intervention with families, technical assistance and consultation for DHS staff,
the Safe Families Project will also include attorney representation for families
through an Equal Justice Works Fellow sponsored by Greenberg Traurig LLP!
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AMY’S
STORY
I healed, and it did stop; but not before one last
confrontation. I was on the telephone with a friend
as my mother came up and tried to wrap the cord
around my throat. But on that day, I was finally just
big enough to stand up to her. We stood nose to
nose staring in each other’s eyes when I whispered,
“It ends today.”
“THIS IS NOT OK;
THIS IS NOT WHO I WILL BE;
I WILL LOVE MY CHILDREN;
VIOLENCE WILL NOT BE
ALLOWED IN MY HOME.”
I was never abused by my mother again, and left
for a small college in the fall. Nine months after I
reluctantly left his side, my brother moved into my
father’s house.
By my 40’s, I’d become a strong woman and
mother of three children—all of whom were
flourishing both socially and academically.
After 16 years of marriage, my husband and I
separated. Under the guise of picking up the
children for Christmas visitation, he pushed past me
and began taking items from the house in armloads.
At age 14, these were the promises that I repeated to myself in the mirror
while trying to apply makeup to cover the bruises my mother gave me.
My father and mother divorced when I was eight. He left because she
was violent with him but shortly after, the target moved to me.
I made the mistake of standing in his way, and that’s
when he hit me. It would be the first and only
time. I instantly heard the voice of my 14-year old
self, repeating the promises I made to the mirror
all those years ago. My children could not perceive
this as acceptable. I called the police.
Every week I would go to school with bruises, and there wasn’t
a single time that anyone ever asked me about them. I chose to
never tell my father, because—in the end—what I wanted more
than anything was to have my mother love me.
Within minutes there were police cars, people
yelling and tears streaming down my children’s
faces. The kids spent time in therapy, and I
talked with them frequently about how you
can’t always prevent everything bad from
happening to you; you can only control
how you handle it.
I believed if I was just more caring to her, a better
daughter and kept the house cleaner, I could avoid
making her angry.
At age 16, my mother’s actions sent me to the
hospital completely blind. I spent 10 days waiting to
see if the damage would be permanent. My father
came, and now my father knew. He asked me to
move in with him, but I declined. Surely after all this
exposure, it would stop.
Amy shares her story at the 2015 iPledge
Campaign press conference.
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BY MY 40’S, I’D BECOME A
STRONG WOMAN AND MOTHER
OF THREE CHILDREN—ALL OF
WHOM WERE FLOURISHING BOTH
SOCIALLY AND ACADEMICALLY.
A decade later, I look back on this as a survivor
with a successful career and a respectful,
loving second marriage. But what I believe I’ve
contributed most to the world are my children.
I realized this while reading a passage from my
child’s college entry essay:
“…My mother never took back my father and I do not
blame her. I would not be the person I am today if my
father had not left. I watched my mother work harder
than ever to support our family. Even through times
of despair, I learned you can get through anything if
you push yourself and keep your head held high. My
father’s actions showed me the person I never want to
be and helped me form the morals that I live my
life by today.”
I can see my 14 year old self smiling, and she says
“They know that’s not OK; that is not who they
will ever be; they will love their children; there
will not be violence allowed in their homes.”
…I think that young girl would be proud of me.
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WOMEN AGAINST ABUSE 2015 ANNUAL REPORT
OUR SUPPORTERS
FINANCE
REPORT
Women Against Abuse is committed to the
highest quality fiscal management, ensuring that all
contributions are used with integrity, transparency
and in a manner that will have the greatest impact
for our clients. We were pleased to receive
an unmodified opinion from our independent
auditors—Eisner Amper—and to, once again,
be classified as a low-risk auditee.
Total Revenue
Total Operating Expenses
$9,983,130
$9,561,390
75.5%
64.9%
14.5%
7.6%
7.4%
5.0%
0.3%
3.9%
2.6%
1.6%
1.2%
4.4%
9.2%
EXPENSES
Government Grants
& Contracts............................................................... $7,531,494
PR O G R A M SE RV I C E S
Safe Haven................................................................ $6,195,081
Contributions������������������������������������������������������������ $763,194
Legal Services..........................................................$1,388,868
Foundation Awards�����������������������������������������������$736,927
Sojourner House......................................................$475,994
Other������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $31,213
Safe at Home..............................................................$372,605
In-Kind Contributions........................................ $920,302
Education & Training��������������������������������������������� $247,436
Behavioral Health....................................................$156,646
Public Policy..................................................................$118,410
SU PP O RT I N G SE RV I C E S
Management...............................................................$420,470
Fundraising...................................................................$185,880
WOMEN AGAINST ABUSE 2015 ANNUAL REPORT
SOCIETAL IMPACT
INVESTORS : $ 50,000 +
CHAMPIONS :
$ 5,000 – $14,999
City of Philadelphia Department
of Human Services
City of Philadelphia, Managing Director’s Office
City of Philadelphia, Office of
Supportive Housing
City of Philadelphia, Office of
the District Attorney
City of Philadelphia, Redevelopment Authority
Fourjay Foundation
Oak Foundation
Pennsylvania Coalition Against
Domestic Violence
Pennsylvania Commission on
Crime and Delinquency
Pennsylvania Department of Community
and Economic Development
The Pew Charitable Trusts
United Way of Greater Philadelphia
and Southern New Jersey
U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development
U.S. Department of Justice,
Office on Violence Against Women
Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Epsilon Chapter
Alpha Chi Omega Foundation
Conant Leadership
Grandom Institution, Friends Fiduciary Corp.
Health Partners Plans
The Helen D. Groome Beatty Trust, a BNY
Mellon Mid-Atlantic Charitable Trust
Independence Foundation
Lisa Kabnick and John McFadden
Amy Pocino Kelly
Leo Niessen Jr. Charitable Trust
Macy’s
Julie Mostov
The Nararo Foundation
Pennsylvania Coalition Against
Domestic Violence
Philadelphia Bar Foundation
Philadelphia Energy Solutions, LLC
The School District of Philadelphia
Stefanie Fleischer Seldin and Alex Seldin
Sheller Family Foundation
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
TJX Foundation
WAWA Community Giving
BENEFACTORS :
$ 25,000 – $ 49,999
1.9%
REVENUE & SUPPORT
Women Against Abuse is thankful to the many supporters who make our life-saving work possible.
The following contributions of $250 or more were made between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015.
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Equal Justice Works Fellowship, sponsored by
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Homeless Assistance Fund, Inc.
Pennsylvania Interest on Lawyers’
Trust Accounts
Philadelphia Voluntary Council for
Emergency Assistance
Project HOME
Elizabeth Phile Stott Fund, Isabel Howell Gest
Memorial Fund #1, Elliot J. Goldman Fund,
H.J. Grinsfelder Fund, and the Jessica C.
Battle Frieson Fund of The Philadelphia
Foundation
Van Ameringen Foundation
W.W. Smith Charitable Trust
Women’s Way
REVOLUTIONARIES :
$15,000 – $ 24,999
Avon Foundation for Women
City of Philadelphia, Department of Behavioral
Health and Intellectual disAbility Services
The OMG Center for Collaborative Learning
Valentine Foundation
Verizon Foundation
Verizon Wireless
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SUPPORTERS :
$1,000 – $ 4,999
Allan Domb Real Estate
American Endowment Foundation
Paul and Melissa Anderson
ASI Management
Elizabeth and Joseph Baldasano
Elizabeth Beech
Beneficial
Borowsky Family Foundation
CH Briggs Company
Comprehensive Investment Solutions
Eileen A. Cook
Doreen Davis
Dilworth Paxson
Drexel University
Duane Morris, LLP
EisnerAmper, LLP
Empire Education Group
Enterprise Holdings Foundation
eXude Benefits Group, Inc.
Fante’s Kitchen Wares Shop
Shannon and Ted Farmer
First Resort Corporation, 410 Bank Street
Dianne Coady Fisher
Leslie Miller Greenspan
Barbara and Stephen Gold
Mary Goldman and Debra Weiner
Harmelin & Associates, Inc.
Steven Hersh
Amy Hirsch and Jessica Robbins
James and Bridget Horgan
Independence Blue Cross
Jefferson, Office of Institutional Advancement
Kevin and Sarah Kleinschmidt
Leslie and Larry Kramer
The Ladipo Group, LLC
Legacy Advisors, LLC
Kathleen Lewis
Robert Lichtenstein
Lindsay Insurance Group, Inc.
Mark and Slava Lipowicz
Jeannine L. Lisitski
Lower Moreland High School
Julie Markovitz and Joy Collins
McLaughlin & Lauricella, P.C.
Gail Miller
Miller Family Foundation of Cherry Hill Inc.
The Milton and Beatrice Wind Foundation
Kierston Morris
Laurie Muldoon
Patrick Mundy and Candice Harris
National Liberty Museum
Charles and Debbie O’Donnell
Sara Ochoa
Tobey and Kim Oxholm
Pathways to Housing, PA
PECO Energy Company
Philly Office Retail, LLC
Judith and Gerald Porter
Birgit Rakel
Albert Raymond
Claire Reichlin and D. Walter Cohen
Sally Rosenthol and Edwin Rosenthol
Yvette Rouse
David and Julie Rusenko
The Schoenberg Family Charitable Fund
Jacqueline and Richard Shulman
Adam Shapiro and Terryl Decker
Lauren Lonergan Taylor
TD Bank
Tierney
William Tobia
Tucker Law Group
Region 9 UAW
Laura Valenti
Valley Green Bank—A Division of Univest
Bank and Trust Co.
Volpe & Koenig PC
Wells Fargo Regional Foundation
Diane Welsh
Wilding Family Foundation Trust
Allen and Myra Woll
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ACTIVISTS :
$ 500 – $ 999
Anne Ades
Aetna Foundation
AFSCME Local 1739
Catherine Alfano
Aqua America, Inc.
Barbara Avitello
Stephanie Blair
Bravo Brio Restaurant Group
Franciose Campbell
Coalition of Labor Union Women
Abbi Cohen and Thomas O’Connell
DIVAS Ministry Group
David’s Bridal
Michelle Byrne
Abbie Dean
Karen DeLoatch
Brian Donadio and Sondra Wilen
Carol Eggert and Francis Crowe
Alexander and Andrea Ehrlich
Eisenberg, Rothweiler, Winkler, Eisenberg & Jeck
Joanne Epps
William and Anne Ewing
Frank and Barbara Fleischer
Lisa Gaeto
Elizabeth Gerena
Stewart Gerson
GFWC Saddle Brook Woman’s Club
Everett Gillison
Ryan Good and Hannah Dueck
Griffin Phoenix Foundation
Suzanne and Michael Hanlon
Beth Huffman
Iron Workers Local 401
Sarah Janicki and Mike Stevens
Johnson & Johnson
Amy Kurland and Robert Drake
Stacey Sullivan Livingston
Christina Lussier and Robert Hamill
Paul and Margaret Martinetti
Kamila Ann McDonnough
Denise L. Montgomery
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Dori and Charles Mostov
Meta and Benjamin Neilson
Neubauer Family Foundation
Renee Norris-Jones
Ana Nunez
Pansini & Mezrow
Wendy Parker
Anne Perry
PJM Interconnection
Charles and Nancy Posternak
Bernard Prazenica
Richard P. Roccato
Joan Rucker
Robert Ryan
Anthony J. Scamuffa
Chris Stevens
Dick and Phyllis Taylor
Marcie Turney and Valerie Safran
Azucena Ugarte and Marli Nascimento
Untuck
U.S. Bank—Horsham
Andrew and Nan Wallace
Philip Weis
Whole Foods
Robert Willis
Alice Woo
Sonya Wood
Your Part-Time Controller, LLC
ADVOCATES :
$ 250 – $ 499
30th St. Station Pub
African American Womens’ Bookclub
AFSCME District Council #88
Barry Becker
Nicole Belford
Otto Benfey
Candy Bernard
Leah Blumenthal
Boeing Community Fund
Braverman Kaskey
Sandy Brownell
Carl and Karen Buchholz
Alan and Theresa Butkovitz
Janell Byrd
Jennifer and Austin Byrne
Alex and Shannon Camps
April Carty-Sipp
Susan and Cummins Catherwood
Connelly Foundation
Katherine Coonradt
Lynn Crist
Tanya Cropper
Brianna Deutsch
Tracie Dixon-Stanley and Jerome Stanley
Mary Dougherty
Irving and Nicole Drake
Drew A. Katz Foundation
Matthew Feldman
Richard and Ann Flannery
Margaret A. Flynn
Jamie Gershkow
Carmela Ruffino Gipprich
GlaxoSmithKline
Wendy and Richard Glazer
Jeanne-Marie Hagan
Teresa and Joseph Hagan
Daria and Tommy Hansen
Shakina Harper
Helen Dickens Center for Women’s Health
James Hessenthaler
Francis Hopkinson
Sharese Jackson
Carole Johnson
Emily King
Linda Kriger
Pamela Kroberger
Alysann Kathryn Lewis
Ricky and Lisa Madison
Paul and Lisa Marcus
Martin Matlin
Ray and Terry Matteucci
Regina McCoy
Lizabeth McKenzie
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Mary and Joseph Meder
Michael D. Miller
Morgan Stanley
Joseph Murphy
National Association of Professional Women
Arlene Olson
Mia Roberts Perez
Jane Perlstein
Maria Petrillo
Plumbers Union, Local 690
Danielle Marie Polinsky
Michele Pollio and Kenneth Barbee
Shawn Poole
Nicole Queen
Michelle and Kenneth Ray
Gary and Cindy Reedy
Debra Rodgers
Anthony L. Rostain
Salvation Army
Stephen Segal
Jennifer Shurmur
Lonnie Snyder
Steven and Lynne Spencer
Edward Springer
Steel Pony
Vidya Sudharsan
Swarthmore College, Worth Health Center
Lauren Swartz
Ten Thousand Villages
TIFF Advisory Services, Inc.
Nalini Tiwari
Ashley Tobin
Carol Tracy
Jacqueline Trainor
Christine M. Trumpfheller
Ann Tymes-Govan
John Welsh
Dale Yanocha
Katie Young Wildes and Rob Wildes
Joan A. Yue
Corey Ziring
SUSTAINING SUPPORTERS
MONTHLY DONOR PROGR AM
Joel Allen
Tiffany Bailey
Edward Basile and Stephanie Riley
Nina Blomfield
Sandy Brownell
Cheryl Brubaker and Meghan Kincade
Alex and Shannon Camps
Barbara Cooke
Brianna Deutsch
Tracie Dixon-Stanley and Jerome Stanley
Joseph Ebbinger
Larissa Franco
Gloria Gay
Carmela Ruffino Gipprich
Debra Lippitt
Martin Matlin
Marianne McKeever
Gail Miller
Henry Molloy
Rebecca Moore
Julie Mostov
Patrick Mundy and Candice Harris
Audrey Murga
Maureen Murphy
Renee Norris-Jones
Michelle and Kenneth Ray
Sally and Edwin Rosenthol
Megan Salazar
Stefanie Fleischer Seldin and Alex Seldin
Lonnie Snyder
Chris Stevens
Lauren Swartz
Rebecca Wanner
Katie Young Wildes and Rob Wildes
ADVOCATES IN ACTION
LEGAL CENTER GIVING
CIRCLE
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Steven Hersh
Leslie and Larry Kramer
Mark and Slava Lipowicz
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP
Charles and Debbie O’Donnell
Stefanie Fleischer Seldin and Alex Seldin
Sheller Family Foundation
Jacqueline and Richard Shulman
MAJOR IN -KIND DONORS
954 Dance Movement Collective
Deirdre Agan
Alla Spina
Erin and Ken Amorosi
Arcadia University, School of Education
Tracey Austin
The Baker’s Jar
Mary Bieter
Tom Binkow and Laura Greene
Luecenda and Marcus Bowden
Brauhaus House Schmidts & Whetstone
Bridget Foy’s
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mid-Atlantic
Regional Office
Gregory Burns
Dana Camacho
Carousel Farm Lavender
Chestnut Hill Hospital ICU
City Year Philadelphia
Brigid Connell and Steven DiSciullo
Continental Restaurant and Martini Bar
Sarah Cornely
Cream of the Crop Leaders
Ronnie and Julie Cruz
DIVAS Ministry Group
Kayla and Jeremy Daniel
Daughter of the King Holy Apostles
Dechert LLP
Destination Maternity Corporation
Dock Street Brewery
Tamara Rausa Donatelli
Celia Ellenberg
Fine, Kaplan and Black, RPC
First Book
Lisa Formica
The Fretz Corporation
Carmela Ruffino Gipprich
Julie Girard
Jeanne-Marie Hagan
Mary Halfpenny
Happy Cog
Shani Haviv
Health Partners Plans
Rebecca Hosey
Joy and Peace Ike
Sarah R. Ingerman
Insomnia Cookies
Jones Restaurant
Laureen Katana
Lori Keller
Kingdom Empowerment Ministries
Libby Kirk
Leslie and Larry Kramer
Deb Krepcio and Van Cherington
Jane Kufta
La Colombe
Trish Lilley
Macy’s
Manifesta
Priya McDonald
Erin McKenna
Lizabeth McKenzie
Shakifa McKris
Michelle and Erik Meltzer
Miss Rachel’s Pantry
Laurie Muldoon
National Network to End Domestic Violence
Charles and Sylvia Newman
Noel Roberts Foundation
Dana Oliver
Pajama Program
Carol Parillo
Penne Restaurant & Wine Bar
Pennsylvania Coalition Against
Domestic Violence
Patrick Phelan
Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO
Philadelphia Distilling
Phillies Organization
Pickled Heron
Poi Dog Philly
Primitive World Productions
Project #STILLHUMAN
Revolution Taco
Ann Richardson
Jane Rothrock
Yvette Rouse
Anna Sannoy
Nicole Santella
The Shipley School
Tamar Norquist
St. Christopher’s Hospital
St. Christopher’s, Department of Nursing
Vicki Stillman-Toomey
Susanna Foo
Swarthmore United Methodist Church
Toys for Tots
Vegware
Robert and Trisha Vogel
Whole Foods
Widener University
Elizabeth Williams
Meghann Williams
Kerry Wilson
David Wisniewski and Reyna Howkins
Sabra Zahn
Jennifer Zoga
IN HONOR OF…
Julie Mostov
Stefanie Fleischer Seldin
Sandy Sheller
Staff and Board
Dr. Dan Taylor
Katherine Wallace
IN MEMORY OF…
Irma Jean Burke
Terri Carew-Smith
Victoria Chandler
Minnie Lee Dixon
William Dwyer
Brienne Francisco
Cheryl Goldsby
Donna M James
Angela Johns-Black
Thomas Ludlow
Una Molloy
Nicole Peppelman
Carole J. Poole
Wendy Reen
Debra Ann Rosier
Lillian Russo
Usha Singh
Antoinette Charmain Sotkiewicz
Brenda Whitlow
Linda Whitlow Sullivan
Judiann Winston
PLANNED GIVING Women Against Abuse now offers donors the option of supporting survivors of
domestic violence through our Planned Giving program. Many charitable bequest options can be tailored to your
specific financial and estate planning needs. Become a founding member of the 1976 Legacy Society. Contact us
at 215 386 1280 x6155 to let us know if you have included us in your estate plans or to discuss making your gift.
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Our new iPledge Campaign Toolkit can be used by
community members and organizations to take an active role in helping to
end domestic violence. The toolkit includes:
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ways to take an active role in our work
key messages & talking points
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templates (with the option to add your own logo to show your agency stands
with Women Against Abuse)
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serving families in need.
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resources & information
Our NEW iPledge Toolkit is available for free download
by scanning this QR code on any smartphone or on our
website at iPledgeWAA.org.
TAKE ACTION. You can become an advocate by visiting our NEW Take
Action Center on womenagainstabuse.org! The Take Action Center features
information about the legislative process and public policy, our current action
alerts, and pre-written letters that you can personalize and send to your
elected officials—all with a few quick clicks.
MAKE A GIFT. Join Women Against Abuse in serving over 15,000
individuals each year with donation options such as monthly giving,
donating goods and joining our Planned Giving program. We also welcome
one-time donations too! For more information about making a gift, visit
womenagainstabuse.org.
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ATTEND DISH IT UP. Dish It Up is Philadelphia’s only fundraising event
and food tasting competition featuring all female chefs. The event will take
place at World Cafe Live on April 7, 2016, and tickets will be available soon
for purchase on our website!
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changed, our
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Women Against Abuse, Inc. begins as a
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First emergency shelter opens.
part-time domestic violence hotline in
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Within hours, 12 families move into
the basement of a Women’s Center.
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fellow domestic violence service providers, the
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Sojourner House opens, providing 12 apartments for families.
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Education and Training Department is established to
provide community education and awareness.
2007
Emergency shelter is relocated and
expanded to accommodate 100 clients.
2012
Women Against Abuse launches its 1st
Annual iPledge Campaign.
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Trauma-informed therapy is introduced for
residents at the emergency safe haven.
2013
$3 million renovation project is completed for Sojourner
House, increasing housing capacity by 25% .
Safe at Home program is established,
providing safe affordable housing with
trauma-informed case management.
2014
The second safe haven opens, doubling the number of
Philadelphia’s domestic violence shelter beds to 200.
Women Against Abuse begins working with partners
from across the city to create a coordinated community
response to domestic violence in Philadelphia.
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Women Against Abuse achieves Sanctuary Certification
With your continued support, we will remain a refuge for those impacted by domestic
violence by providing life-saving services and maintaining our devotion to advocacy, education
and prevention in the years to come.
VIOLENCE THREATS
INSPIRATION
RESPECT MANIPULAT
MUNITY REBUILD BOLDN
WOMEN AGAINST ABUSE
SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM
Elise Scioscia,
Director of Public Policy
Stacy Sullivan Livingston
Jeannine L. Lisitski,
Executive Director & President
Phil Weis,
Director of Facilities
Renee Norris-Jones, M.S., Ph.D. Candidate
Michelle Byrne,
Vice President of Human Resources
Azucena Ugarte,
Director of Education & Training
Judith Porter, Ph.D.
Nicole Drake,
Vice President of Program Operations
WOMEN AGAINST ABUSE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Sally Rosenthol, RN
Christine Stevens,
Vice President of Finance
Julie Mostov, Ph.D., Chair
David Rusenko
Katie Young Wildes,
Vice President of Advancement
Amy Pocino Kelly, Esq., Vice Chair
Sandy Sheller, MA, ATR-BC, LPC
Margaret A. Flynn, Treasurer
Myra Woll
Patrick Mundy
Ana Núñez, M.D.
Michelle Ray
Yvette Rouse, MSW
Molly Callahan,
Legal Center Director
Erin McKenna, Secretary
Jeanne-Marie Hagan,
Program Compliance Director
Stefanie Fleischer Seldin, Esq.
WOMEN AGAINST ABUSE
LEGAL CENTER
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Gloria Gay, MSW, LSW
Sarah Janicki,
Director of Client Services
Mark Lipowicz, Esq., President
Leslie Miller Greenspan, Esq.
Amy Hirsch, Esq., Secretary
Amy Hirsch, Esq.
Lori Hendrickson,
Clinical Director
Stefanie Fleischer Seldin, Esq., Treasurer
Amy L. Kurland, Esq.
Amy L. Kurland, Esq.
Christine Nieves,
Director of Fund Development
Robert Lichtenstein, Esq.
Leslie Miller Greenspan, Esq.
Mark Lipowicz, Esq.
Katherine A.B. Coonradt, RA, LEED, AP
100 South Broad Street
Suite 1341
Philadelphia, PA 19110
Philadelphia Domestic Violence Hotline
p. 215 386 1280
f. 215 964 9121
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