Offering Help & Hope for Women & Families
TAX TIME is also your chance to create safer nights for families suffering domestic violence. Click here to learn more about how to "check off" domestic abuse on your tax return.
TESSA’s mission is to help women and their children achieve safety and well-being while challenging communities to end sexual and family violence.
We do three things:
1. Provide immediate safety for women, children and other victims escaping abuse.
2. Empower survivors through programs and support such as advocacy and counseling.
3. Create a safer future through education and outreach to schools, businesses, and other organizations.
TAX TIME is also your chance to create safer nights for families suffering domestic violence. Click here to learn more about how to "check off" domestic abuse on your tax return.
Students from Patriot Learning Center (PLC) in Falcon are speaking out against Teen Dating Violence. With help from TESSA, the students are hosting a “Spirit Week” to raise awareness and understanding of teen dating violence that affects 1 in every 3 teens. “People just get blinded by love, and they don’t recognize that they are being abused,” said Kristal Lucas, a PLC student. Read more
Could violence be part of your teen’s
social life or dating relationship?
1 in 4 high-school age girls in the U.S. are victims of sexual or physical violence from their dating partners. It is critical that we talk to our daughters AND sons about healthy relationships. Click here to download information about how to start the conversation with your kids about teen dating violence.
It’s Your Business: What Your Organization Needs to Know about Domestic Violence
TESSA now provides 45-minute brown-bag appropriate training session for businesses, churches, and other organizations. Participants gain a deeper understanding about the prevalence of domestic violence, its impact on the workplace and on the community as a whole. Topics include how to recognize and respond to domestic violence, domestic violence laws and definitions, how to craft a workplace policy inclusive of employee safety from such violence. For more information, contact skemppainen@tessacs.org or phone 785-6807.
Want to Volunteer for TESSA?
Click here to find out how
Be the difference for victims of sexual and domestic violence VOLUNTEER!!
TESSA’s next training for volunteers and interns in May 2010.
You can support a safer community by giving your time or expertise.
Click here for more details!
Help Someone Feel Safe Tonight.