Hope’s Door partners with Stop COVID-19 Special Operations Group to help the Northern Westchester High Risk Reduction Team On Friday, May 29, Kevin Hansan, Pound Ridge Supervisor, Nicole Engel, Pound Ridge Director of Operations and Emergency Management, and Pound Ridge Police Chief David Ryan received and opened two pallets containing 500 protective face shields that […]
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Hope’s Door Stand in Solidarity
Posted by David Wallace on June 2, 2020
We at Hope’s Door work every day to respond to and prevent violence that harms every victim and survivor of domestic violence. As individuals and as an organization, we will also work every day to confront and prevent societal violence, much of which stems from centuries of racism and its relentless and detrimental impact on […]
Read MoreSpotlight on The LOFT of Westchester
Posted by David Wallace on May 28, 2020
Spotlight on The LOFT of Westchester Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ+) Pride Month is celebrated each year in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan. Within the LGBTQ+ Community, domestic violence or intimate partner violence occurs at equal or even higher rates than that of the heterosexual community. […]
Read MoreAspects of Healthy and Unhealthy Relationships with Alexa Kauffman
Posted by David Wallace on May 12, 2020
We are saddened by the fact that 1 in 3 people will experience dating abuse before they even graduate high school. It’s important to understand that domestic violence can take many forms. Physical violence is one form but so is emotional and psychological manipulation, verbal assaults, stalking behavior, financial abuse and forced intimacy. What we know […]
Read MoreActs of Kindness and Light During a Dark Pandemic
Posted by David Wallace on May 5, 2020
Acts of Kindness and Light During a Dark Pandemic by Barbara Turk Crisis situations can bring out the very best in people. Yes, we’ve all read of individuals hoarding toilet paper, refusing to comply with social distancing, and trying to overcharge for items in short supply. But here in Westchester County, I have seen nothing […]
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