What We Do
We work with our membership and a host of public and private partners to create policies and explore innovative solutions that improve the lives of survivors. We seek to prevent gender-based violence by changing the lens through which people view the experiences of survivors and by promoting equity and justice for everyone.
Our work complements the life-saving and healing services provided by our 55 community-based member organizations from the Berkshires to the Cape and everywhere in between.
What’s Up at JDI
Teleconferencing program brings new hope to North Shore rape survivors
JDI commented on the expansion of teleSANE to the North Shore Medical Center in Salem next month to connect sexual assault victims with nurses specially trained to both tend to their physical and emotional wounds.
Stalking and Human Trafficking Awareness Month
Every January, advocates and survivors across the country engage in two separate but connected activities: Stalking Awareness Month and Human Trafficking and Prevention Awareness Month. The prevalence of these issues is staggering. Stalking sometimes occurs alone...
JDI’s partnership for economic justice with The Allstate Foundation marks 10th anniversary
JDI marked a decade long partnership with The Allstate Foundation and released new round of micro grants for survivors. These grants of up to $1,000 can provide the much needed financial boost for someone to remove barriers to their future financial stability, independence, and safety
Our Community
Our Impact
JDI has been at the forefront of this work in Massachusetts for decades, changing the way society views and reacts to sexual and domestic violence in ways that make our communities safer today and for future generations. We’ve come a long way in exposing these issues that too often remain hidden and thrive on silence. As the collective community enters the brave new dialogue around gender-based violence, we will continue to offer leadership, expertise, and advocacy to help survivors heal and advance justice.
Volunteer
No act is too small. You can sign up for JDI’s action alerts, work with us to address sexual violence on your college campus, join thousands of boys and men engaged in our #ReimagineManhood initiative, or share your time and talents with JDI and our member programs across the Commonwealth.
Explore how you can make a difference.
Donate
When you donate to JDI, you express your commitment to social justice and a world free of violence. Your charitable contribution is an investment: an investment in safer communities, an investment in saving and improving the lives of countless individuals and families, and investment in our future.
