Syracuse Area Domestic &
Sexual Violence Coalition
staffed & administered by Vera House, Inc.
 

Changing the community standard

In 1986, a public hearing on domestic violence was conducted in Syracuse
by the NYS Governor's Commission on Domestic Violence
and co-sponsored locally by Vera House, Inc.
& the CNY Chapter of the Women's Bar Association.

At the hearing, battered women and service providers presented testimony
about the gaps in domestic violence services
and inappropriate responses by the justice system.

After the hearing, the Syracuse Area Domestic Violence Coalition
was formed, to work toward changing the community standard
in responding to domestic violence.

In 2006, the Coalition expanded the breadth of its mission
to include issues of sexual violence, and is now the
Syracuse Area Domestic and Sexual Violence Coalition.

Staffed and administered by Vera House, the Coalition brings together
survivors and representatives from a broad spectrum of community organizations and professional groups to meet and address local services,
legal development and system-level change.
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Interested in learning how you can participate in
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