Safe Coalition

Safe Coalition: Children, Families, Community

If You Are In a Life Threatening Emergency
Please call 911

If you or a loved one is seeking assistance with 
domestic violence related services, 
please review our community resource guide.  

Every 1 Knows Some1
Scarsdale Edgemont Family Counseling Service, the Scarsdale Safe Coalition, and Pace Women’s Justice Center share with you a recording of a revealing discussion emphasizing the dynamics of intimate partner violence. This virtual program was facilitated by Susan Caroll, Director of Training, Outreach, and Education, and Nicole Fields, Staff Attorney, Outreach and Training at Pace Women’s Justice Center. Continuing to educate ourselves on the nuances of intimate partner violence, facilitating these important discussions and sharing these crucial resources has the power to save lives. Please consider sharing this video. 

 For more information, please contact 
Natalie Ramos, LMSW 
Nramos@sfcsinc.org
No Visible Bruises: What We Don't Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us
April 18, 2023-7:00 PM
Intimate Partner Violence  is not a private problem and everyone has a stake in violence prevention.  Please join us as we investigate the roots of private violence, its far reaching consequences for society, and what is required to make meaningful change.  Please register for the event using the QR code below or by using the link. 
 For more information, please contact 
Natalie Ramos, LMSW 
Nramos@sfcsinc.org

KNOW THE FACTS
Although Domestic Violence Awareness Month has come to an end, DV has not. Continue to know #DVFacts; get involved and help bring an end to domestic violence.  
 
For more information, or to become involved 
please contact 
Natalie Ramos, LMSW 
Nramos@sfcsinc.org
SFCS Starry Night Fundraiser

An Evening with Professor Anita Hill

The Scarsdale Safe Coalition and its community partners sponsored a virtual visit with Professor Anita Hill, Senior Advisor to the Provost, Brandeis University and Professor of Law, Public Policy and Women's Studies, Heller Graduate School of Policy and Management on the evening of April 19, 2022.  

In her book Believing: Our Thirty Year Journey to End Gender Violence, Professor Hill challenges the notion that the  harassment, rape and murder of women, particularly women of color, as well as transgender and non-binary people is not an individual problem but a cultural and endemic problem in our society.  Professor Hill puts forth a call to action for accountability among leadership and a rejection of the belief that "boys will be boys."  

Professor Hill was joined in conversation by two-time Pulitzer-Prize winning columnist and author Nicholas Kristoff.   

Copies of Believing: are available to borrow from the Scarsdale Public Library, and can also be purchased at the Bronx River Bookstore in Scarsdale Village 

We are grateful to our event co-sponsors including The Scarsdale Public Library, The Friends of the Scarsdale Library and Westchester Reform Temple.

Vital information during  COVID-19.  
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, Americans are required to stay home to protect themselves and their communities. However, the home may not be safe for many families who experience domestic violence, which may include both intimate partners and children.   Violence in the home has an overall cost to society, leading to potentially adverse physical and mental health outcomes.   For many people, being forced to distance at home is not only unsettling but also dangerous. Those who regularly experience family violence (domestic violence, child abuse, elder abuse) may see this behavior exacerbated during such stressful times. 
Survivors and victims need resources and support now more than ever. 

Included in this message are local and national resources for both violence and mental health support, action steps to encourage our government to consider survivors and victims, and information about orders of protection and other emergency actions related to family violence.  It is our hope that the Scarsdale community will continue to consider the most vulnerable populations during this time.  We wish you all peace, health, and safety. 

Community Book Read
KNOW MY NAME 
a memoir
by Chanel Miller 
Recommended for ages 14 and up.  

SFCS and the Safe Coalition encourage you to participate in a community book read.  Know My Name is a memoir by American author Chanel Miller.  In it, Miller writes about her experience being sexually assaulted in January 2015 as well as the aftermath.  The book can be purchased at the Bronx River Bookstore 
in Scarsdale Village. 

Please join us for a virtual community 
program featuring 
Westchester District Attorney Mimi Rocah  on 
 Wednesday April 21, 2021 
from 7:00-8:00 pm
To join the webinar please click HERE

For more information, please contact Lauren Pomerantz, LCSW at lpomerantz@scarsdaleschools.org 
The Full Picture: 
Securing Domestic Violence Resources in 
Westchester County during the 
COVID-19 pandemic 
Please take a few minutes to view this recorded video created by the Safe Coalition: Children, Families, Community. You will hear about the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on domestic violence in Westchester County. Experts will share a snapshot of the many robust and collaborative resources available to families. Lauren Pomerantz, LCSW, Coordinator of the Safe Coalition, is joined by local domestic violence experts in Westchester County. 
The conversation is moderated by Laura Daniels, Esq, Westchester County Family Law Attorney, and includes:

Susan Carroll, Esq
Director of Training, Outreach and Education  Pace Women’s Justice Center
Michelle James-Walker
Director of the Westchester County Family Justice Center 
Alexa Koffman
Prevention Program Coordinator and Counselor at Hope’s Door
Darlene Reda, Esq
Program Administrator at Westchester County Office for Women

Please consider sharing this video with your friends, family, and any other organization you are affiliated.

RESOURCES
1. Hope’s Door https://hopesdoorny.org/, shelter, counseling, legal assistance
2. Pace Women’s Justice Center - legal assistance in obtaining a Family Court Order of Protection
914-422-4188(Legal Clinic), or 914-287-0739 (legal help-line)
3. My Sister’s Place  https://mspny.org/ , shelter, counseling, legal assistance
4. Westchester County Office for Women https://women.westchestergov.com/
5. Scarsdale Police Department -914-722-1200 or 911
6. Westchester DA’s office 914-995-3000 for legal assistance 
7.  National Domestic Violence hotline  https://www.thehotline.org/help/  
8.  SAMHSA - Resource document.

ACTION STEP-Please help forward and act on this important message:

INFORMATION ABOUT ORDERS OF PROTECTION/ LEGAL HELP
Despite statewide court reduction in services, a victim of domestic violence can still obtain an Order of Protection, either through the Criminal Courts or the Family Courts, or both.   Refer to above resources to obtain legal assistance in drafting and filing petitions for Orders of Protection in Family Courts. 

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