by jdi-admin | May 13, 2020 | Statements
For Immediate Release: May 13, 2020 Contact: Debra Robbin, Executive Director; Hema Sarang-Sieminski, Policy Director; Toni Troop, Communications Director at press@janedoe.org Talking points and other background information following statement Release Some People in...
by jdi-admin | May 11, 2020 | What's New
JDI’s 2020 Spring Into Action breakfast is going forward…on Zoom. Join us on May 19, 2020 to honor this year’s Justice in Action Awardees: Lt. Governor Karyn Polito, Bank of America and MORE Advertising. Sign up now at: http://bit.ly/SIA2020....
by jdi-admin | May 9, 2020 | Statements
Joint statement from Jane Doe Inc. and the Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance regarding court decision on gun distributors as essential services Issued May 8, 2020 The innate and dangerous connection between the presence of guns in households and domestic...
by jdi-admin | Apr 13, 2020 | Statements
Every April for the past five decades, advocates across the country have organized to promote sexual violence awareness and prevention. These efforts grew out of social change movements championed by Black women and women of color. The historical lessons and wisdom to...
by jdi-admin | Mar 3, 2020 | Press Release
Boston, March 6 — Advocates, elected officials and community members filled the State House yesterday to join Jane Doe Inc. (JDI), the Massachusetts Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence, at the Massachusetts State House along with Governor...
by jdi-admin | Feb 25, 2020 | Statements
Today is a day we won’t forget. Today is a milestone in the #MeToo movement. We were prepared to say that regardless of the verdict in the Harvey Weinstein case, there is no turning back from the movement to believe and support survivors and to hold both individuals...
by jdi-admin | Feb 21, 2020 | What's New
JDI’s work is driven by the belief that those who are the most impacted by social challenges and systems of oppression have a say in identifying the needs and then mobilizing and leading the solutions. Sexual and domestic violence survivors live, work, go to...
by jdi-admin | Feb 7, 2020 | Media Coverage
The Enterprise by Mina Corpuz February 6, 2020 A roundtable gave students a chance to tell Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito ways the RESPECTfully campaign can reach out to teens. BROCKTON — High school students shared ideas to spread messages encouraging healthy relationships...
by jdi-admin | Jan 22, 2020 | What's New
The #SafeCommunitiesAct hearing on January 24th was long, emotional and a critical piece of our advocacy for immigrants’ rights. JDI’s Executive Director Debra J. Robbin shared remarks on behalf of the coalition flanked by survivors, advocates and JDI...
by jdi-admin | Jan 21, 2020 | Press Release
Boston, January 22, 2020 – Jane Doe Inc. (JDI), the Massachusetts Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence, today announced that Hema Sarang-Sieminski will be the Coalition’s new Policy Director. Most recently a Senior Staff Attorney at the Victim...
by jdi-admin | Jan 9, 2020 | Media Coverage
Boston Herald by Marie Szaniszlo January 8, 2020 North Shore Medical Center in Salem next month will launch the region’s first program to connect sexual assault victims with nurses specially trained to both tend to their physical and emotional wounds, and collect...
by jdi-admin | Jan 8, 2020 | What's New
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...
by jdi-admin | Nov 11, 2019 | What's New
In September 2019, JDI announced its latest round of 10 economic empowerment grants to survivors across the Commonwealth who have experienced the financial impact of violence and abuse. Made possible thanks to the support of The Allstate Foundation Purple Purse, these...
by jdi-admin | Nov 11, 2019 | Media Coverage
Worcester Telegram & Gazette by Brad Petrishen June 21, 2019 WORCESTER – As hundreds looked on in a DCU Center meeting room Friday, Isa Woldeguiorgius repeated the names of the 10 transgender women killed in America this year. Dana Martin was the first, shot in...
by jdi-admin | Nov 11, 2019 | Media Coverage
Boston Globe by Gal Tziperman Lotan August 13, 2019 Boston police officers knew who they were looking for as they climbed the stairs to a third-floor apartment in Roxbury just after noon Sunday. Earlier in the day, a woman had contacted police to help get her husband,...
