Fall 2013

Nonprofit
Organization
U.S. Postage
PAID
Austin, Texas
Permit No. 634
P.O. Box 19454
Austin, Texas 78760
VISION & VOICE
Fall 2013 | October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Thanks to You, We’re Saying
NO MORE
Last year, thanks to your partnership, SafePlace
responded to 11,964 hotline calls and provided
shelter to 992 adults and children. At any given time,
it’s estimated that approximately 60,000 Austinites
are experiencing violence by an intimate partner.
Together, we are saying NO MORE to domestic violence.
SafePlace is proud
to partner with:
Many Thanks
to the following foundations for their recent
generous support of SafePlace:
Vision & Voice is published by SafePlace,
P.O. Box 19454, Austin Texas 78760.
Bulk rate nonprofit postage paid in Austin, Texas.
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Topfer Family Foundation
Lowe Foundation
Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation
Tocker Foundation
Shield-Ayres Foundation
Board of Directors
Cindy Brouillette, Chair
Karen Bartoletti | Laura Bosworth | Marylu De Hoyos | Lori Freedman | Iliana Gilman | Janet Heher
Stephanie Lucie | Bob May | Celeste Mendoza | Dana Nelson | Michael Simons | Tom Stevenson | Felicia Teel
Lifetime Trustees
JoLynn Free | Luci Baines Johnson | Gregory A. Kozmetsky | MariBen Ramsey | Donna Stockton-Hicks
Executive Director
Julia Spann
SafePlace is ending sexual and domestic violence
through safety, healing, prevention and social change.
24-hour Hotline: 512.267.SAFE (7233)
For Deaf/HH/Deaf-Blind community, please use relay/VRS
www.SafePlace.org
It’s time for a change. In honor of Domestic
Violence Awareness Month, we hope you’ll join
us in saying NO MORE to domestic violence.
The national NO MORE campaign is aimed
at spreading awareness and challenging the
shame and stigma that surrounds this issue.
Visit our website – safeplace.org/dvam -- or our Facebook
page (facebook.com/SafePlace.EndingSAandDV) and please
join us in saying NO MORE to domestic violence in Austin.
SafePlace Program Nominated for
National Evidence Project
SafePlace’s sexual assault prevention curriculum, Unzipped,
has been nominated for the National Resource Center on
Domestic Violence Evidence Project! The Evidence Project
identifies and documents innovative primary prevention
programs that work. Unzipped is an 8-week course that trains
college students to take what they learn about sexual assault
prevention back to their home campuses. “Students who have
attended the classes tell us that it’s a life-changing experience,”
explains Senior Training Specialist Annette Saenz.
We’re thrilled to have our work
recognized in this way.
- Annette Saenz
Help SafePlace Families have a
SafePlace Goes To … KENYA!?
Brighter Holiday Season
The temperature is dropping, the days are getting shorter and
there is a new Vision and Voice newsletter. This can only mean
one thing: The holiday season is coming soon to Austin.
2013 Sponsors
Thank you for your generous support!
At SafePlace, when we realize how lucky we are to share the holidays with
our loved ones, we are also reminded of the many people we serve who
aren’t able to celebrate. For survivors of domestic and sexual violence,
the great financial hardship that comes with starting over can make the
holidays an especially difficult time. SafePlace has two programs to help
make this time of year as magical as it should be. We hope you’ll join us!
Sponsor a Family matches donors from the
community with families in transitional housing
or receiving other SafePlace services. Each
member of the SafePlace family will provide a
holiday gift wishlist. Your family, business or
organization has the opportunity to come together
to brighten the holidays for a family in need.
Shop for the Shelter provides holiday gifts
for clients who can’t participate in Sponsor
a Family due to time constraints. You can
bring new, unwrapped gifts to the shelter
where they will be displayed. Parents will be
allowed to pick out gifts for their children and
the kiddos pick out gifts for their parents.
PRESENTING SPONSORS
James Armstrong & Patti O’Meara,
Personal Administrators
FUND A NEED SPONSOR
Disabilities Services Education Manager Cema
Mastroleo (third from left) traveled to Kenya in
August as part of an international exchange
program on rights and services for people with
disabilities. This month SafePlace will host two
visitors from Kenyan organizations to learn more
about our programs and services for people with
disabilities. We hope they enjoy their visit to Austin
as much as Cema enjoyed her visit to Kenya!
If you aren’t a shopper or can’t give gifts but would still like to help, we encourage you to donate gift
cards in any amount so that our clients can buy groceries and other essentials or take their family
out for some much-needed fun. Additionally, there are a number of volunteer opportunities during the
holidays. We need Warehouse Elves, Sponsor-a Family Gift Sorters and Distributors and more!
Carl C. Anderson Sr. and Marie Jo Anderson
Charitable Foundation
VIP SUPPORTER
Luther King Capital Management, LLC
PLATINUM
Luci Baines Johnson | Still Water Foundation
Anonymous
GOLD
Bobbie Beal | Malcolm Cooper & JoLynn Free
Eloise DeJoria | Linda & Glen Neland
Kacy & Scott O’Hare
SILVER
Cindy Brouillette | Diane & Jim Cano
George M. Cowden | George Anne & Teak Elmore
Theresa & Rudy Garza | Gauthreaux-Robertson Group
IntegReview Ethical Review Board
Cindy & Greg Kozmetsky | Carol & Bob May
For more information, or to participate in the Holiday Program as a sponsor, donor
or volunteer, please visit www.SafePlace.org/Holiday Program.
McKool Smith, PC | Kelly Rodgers
Rusty Tally, UBS-The Tally Group
Pinnergy, Kathy & Randy Taylor
Thank you for joining us as we spread some holiday magic,
and from all of us at SafePlace: Happy Holidays!
L-R: Eloise DeJoria, Victor Rivas Rivers,
Patti O’Meara, and Rachael Wyatt
Celebration Photo Gallery: www.flickr.com/photos/safeplace_photos/
Fact or Fiction?
Julie & Tom Stevenson
Texas Capital Bank | Wells Fargo
“In the years 2003-2013, 6,735 U.S. service members died in the line of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In that same period, thousands more women were killed as the result of domestic violence.”
FACT. 11,766 women were killed in the U.S. between 2003 and 2013.
“More than half of all homeless women have experienced domestic violence.”
FACT. 92% of homeless women have experienced severe physical or sexual abuse at some
point in their lives. 63% have been victims of intimate partner violence as adults.
“Most people who commit violence are under the effects of alcohol or drugs.
Remove the substance abuse and you’ll remove the problem.”
FICTION. While regular alcohol abuse is one of the leading risk factors for interpersonal
violence, drugs and alcohol are not the underlying cause of the violence. Abusers
often use their substance abuse as an excuse for their violence.
“Domestic violence doesn’t happen in educated or affluent families.”
FICTION. Domestic violence happens in homes across our community, at every level
of income, education, every religion, race, and ethnic group. Survivors with means
don’t seek out community services as often, so they are less visible.
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Eileen & Jordan Silvergleid
Vision & Voice
SafePlace.org
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