Stop Abuse For Everyone
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Stop Abuse For Everyone (SAFE) is a domestic violence
Domestic violence
Domestic violence, also known as domestic abuse, spousal abuse, battering, family violence, and intimate partner violence , is broadly defined as a pattern of abusive behaviors by one or both partners in an intimate relationship such as marriage, dating, family, or cohabitation...

 organization started in 1991. It is based out of Portland
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

, Oregon
Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...

, but has a national presence. Stop Abuse For Everyone advocates for what they term an "inclusive" model of domestic violence. They focus on groups that are "lacking in services", such as abused men, gay lesbian, and transgendered victims, and the elderly..

Relevancy

Stop Abuse For Everyone is one of only a couple of organizations that has advocated for the plight of abused men and other "underserved" domestic violence groups such as GLBT victims. SAFE has had been listed as one of the 50 most promising strategy programs to prevent domestic violence , has been publicized by Dear Abby
Dear Abby
Dear Abby is the name of the advice column founded in 1956 by Pauline Phillips under the pen name Abigail Van Buren and carried on today by her daughter, Jeanne Phillips, who now owns the legal rights to the pen name....

 (in her 3/22/02 column) .

SAFE has had made many appearances at national conferences on domestic violence, media coverage, and presentations to government entities in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 .

SAFE was founded by Jade Rubick in 1997, and became a non-profit organization in 2001 with co-founders Phil Cook and Stanley Green. .

Community Organisations

SAFE has a national presence. One of the many community organisations working to extend SAFE to the community is Women in Distress
Women in Distress
Women in Distress is a nationally accredited, state-certified, full service domestic violence center in Broward County, Florida. WID adopts a total family systems approach, and supports the inclusive model of domestic violence advocated by Stop Abuse For Everyone...

 (WID), a nationally accredited, state-certified, full service domestic violence center in Broward County, Florida
Broward County, Florida
-2000 Census:As of the census of 2000, there were 1,623,018 people, 654,445 households, and 411,645 families residing in the county. The population density was 1,346 people per square mile . There were 741,043 housing units at an average density of 615 per square mile...

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