No Holiday for Domestic Violence

This is one of an occasional post from Margaret Epperheimer, a seven-year member of Next Door’s Board of Directors. The holiday lights and menorah are stored. The pine needles are vacuumed away, and the kids are back in school. Most of us had time to pause, take a break and enjoy. Not so, for those [...]

Verizon Supports Next Door’s Effort to Stop Teen Dating Violence Before it Starts

December 23, 2011 SAN JOSE, CA— Verizon Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Verizon, has granted Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence $40,000 for its Teen POWER Program, which will help eight San Jose youth leaders to implement teen dating violence outreach, prevention and education campaigns for their high school and middle school aged peers in [...]

Shouting Hello To Next Door

By A. Alvin  Winford Truly, time flies! My four month fellowship at the Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence, San Jose, California is now something of the past.  I am leaving early Wednesday morning the 14th of December.  An unbelievable reality!  The mood is bittersweet.  The oxymoron is self explicit in that it is bitter [...]

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