by Melissa Caine-Huckabay | May 6, 2024 | News
Yesterday in Sacramento, STAND! joined with 200+ organizations from across California to rally in defense of survivors. Wondering how you can help? Call or text your local assemblymembers and ask them to sign the budget request letter to ensure that $200M in funding...
by Melissa Caine-Huckabay | Dec 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
For many years, local business owner Joseph has sponsored a holiday toy drive and meal for the families living in our shelter. When we asked why this was important, he shared what STAND! has meant to him and his family. Joseph grew up in a tense and violent home and...
by Melissa Caine-Huckabay | Jun 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
Happy #Pride Month everyone! Pride is a time to celebrate queer joy, to proudly and colorfully take up space, to proclaim that love wins, and that our LGBTQIA+ community is US, has always been here and will continue to grow and thrive. Pride is also a time to resist...
by Melissa Caine-Huckabay | Jan 27, 2023 | TDVAM
Author: Lev Kellman-Lima, YAV Photo: Netflix’s original series, Orange is the New Black 61% of bisexual women and 44% of lesbian women surveyed in 2013 reported some type of intimate partner violence (IPV) compared to 35% of straight women. Intimate partner...
by Melissa Caine-Huckabay | Jan 27, 2023 | TDVAM
Author: Owen Salmon, YAV Photo: Lana Del Ray Ultraviolence studio album cover (2014), Polydor and Interscope Records On June 13, 2014, singer-songwriter Lana Del Ray released the album Ultraviolence. The album consisted of songs such as “Cruel World,” “Shades of...
by Melissa Caine-Huckabay | Jan 27, 2023 | TDVAM
Author: Owen Salmon, YAV Photo: HBO Max’s Euphoria On June 16, 2019, HBO Max released the hit series, Euphoria, featuring famous actors including Zendaya, Jacob Eldori, and many more. With now two seasons and over six million views, Euphoria remains one of the...
by Melissa Caine-Huckabay | Dec 28, 2022 | News
My partner and I come from very different backgrounds and my first few years as a rookie member of his family taught me so much. Early in our relationship as we struggled to balance our responsibilities of work and school with our strong pull to share time with family...
by Melissa Caine-Huckabay | Aug 10, 2022 | Events
STAND! is excited to announce Stephanie Land as the keynote speaker at the 30th Anniversary Rebuilding Lives event October 20, 2022. Stephanie’s debut memoir, Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive details her experiences fleeing a domestic...
by Melissa Caine-Huckabay | Jun 10, 2022 | Events
3rd annual In It to End It challenge starts July 1, 2022 Join the virtual fundraiser benefitting the Bay Against Abuse Coalition STAND! For Families Free of Violence, along with four other nonprofit shelter-based domestic violence service providers from around the Bay...
by Melissa Caine-Huckabay | Jun 1, 2022 | News
May 2022 Dear Friends, I hope this mid-year note of gratitude finds you and your loved-ones well. I want to share with you the impacts of your ongoing and generous financial and volunteer support. Thanks to you, our generous supporters, STAND! has made it through this...
