COVID-19 Resources & Information
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Coalition Contacts During COVID-19
We are here to help! Feel free to reach out to us for information and support. Since staff are all working remotely, it’s not as easy to reach us by […]
Remembering Ginny NiCarthy
Pictured Above: Kiyomi Fujikawa, Ginny NiCarthy, and Merril Cousin, smiling together after Kiyomi was awarded the “Ginny NiCarthy Excellence in Advocacy” award, at the Coalition’s 2014 Take Action Awards. . […]
Open Letter from Gender-Based Violence Organizations Regarding Sex Trade Arrests in Seattle
October 9, 2019 Dear Mayor Durkan and Members of the Seattle City Council, We are leading organizations in Washington State working to end sexual assault, domestic violence, and […]
Welcome Lea!
We’re thrilled to announce that Lea Aromin, MSW, is the Coalition’s new Domestic Violence Housing Systems Coordinator! Lea comes to us from Bellevue member program, LifeWire, where most recently she […]
Board of Directors Candidates Wanted!
Do you care about gender, racial, and economic justice? Do you want to get more involved in collaborative efforts to end sexual and domestic violence? Are you interested in developing […]
Join the Coalition Board!
Do you care about gender, racial, and economic justice? Do you want to get more involved in collaborative efforts to end sexual and domestic violence? Are you interested in developing […]
Courage is Contagious.
Twenty-seven years ago, Anita Hill J.D. testified in front of the United States Senate Judiciary Committee on the confirmation of Judge Clarence Thomas. Last week, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testified […]
Letter from Merril Cousin, Executive Director
In this moment, I am sitting in my backyard. I can feel—and see—a slight breeze pass through. The neighborhood trees rustle, and the sunlight leaves the ground dappled. My ginger […]
Welcome Idabelle + Passing the Baton!
Thanks to new 2018 funding from the City of Seattle, the Coalition has grown. Alicia Glenwell, the Coalition’s Trauma & Behavioral Health Systems Coordinator for the past eight years, has […]
A Letter From Merril: Fall is the Time for Action
Dear Friends, Boo! I hope this day of ghosts, goblins, and pumpkins galore finds you delighting in the bounty of fall. Fall has always been my favorite time of year […]
Community As Solution
“I am not proposing that sexual violence and domestic violence will no longer exist…I am proposing that we break through the shame of survivors and the victim-blaming ideology shared by […]