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,...
by jdi-admin | Nov 11, 2019 | Media Coverage
Boston Globe By Stephanie Ebbert, Danny McDonald and Sofia SaricSeptember 23, 2019 On the day Antonio Brown was released by the Patriots, an attorney for the second woman to accuse the wide receiver of sexual misconduct said her client was gratified to learn the...
by jdi-admin | Nov 11, 2019 | Media Coverage
MassLive by By Patrick JohnsonOctober 5, 2019 Across Massachusetts last year, there were fewer homicides, fewer armed robberies, fewer burglaries and fewer auto thefts. In fact, according to newly released FBI data, every category of violent and property crime saw a...
by jdi-admin | Jul 14, 2019 | Statements
JDI joined 25 state/territory coalitions against sexual assault to address the sexual violence occuring in migrant detention centers as well as calling for an end to ICE raids and the monitoring of people of color communities. State and national sexual assault...
by jdi-admin | Dec 26, 2018 | Statements
JDI announced that they have awarded 10 mini-grants to survivors across the Commonwealth who have experienced the economic impact of violence and abuse. Made possible thanks to the support of The Allstate Foundation Purple Purse, these micro-economic empowerment...
by jdi-admin | Dec 24, 2018 | What's New
At this year’s symposium for anti-violence educators and preventionists, activists, community organizers, human services, youth development and health care providers, educators, employers, coaches, and allies, we will grapple together with the one of the most...
