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Alumni gives SAFE support
Jade Rubick, a University
graduate, formed Stop
Abuse for Everyone to give
men support services, too
By Lisa Catto
News Reporter
Heterosexual men, gay men and
lesbians victimized by domestic vio
lence may feel they have been left be
hind by support organizations in the
past, but more groups such as Stop
Abuse for Everyone are aiming to in
crease services for them.
University graduate Jade Rubick
created SAFE almost a decade ago to
help people in his situation find help
for dealing with domestic violence.
Rubick said he had been in an abu
sive relationship for a couple years,
but when he looked for help he
found that most of the organizations
would only help women.
'There didn't seem to be real help for
men in abusive situations," he said.
Rubick said his goal was to create a
support group and help hotline in Eu
gene, but he began with a Web site,
which received a huge response.
According to a Department of Jus
tice report of the National Violence
Against Women Survey, 834,732 men
are battered each year.
"The idea is we don't want to dis
criminate based on characteristics that
aren't important," he said.
Over time; his project developed to in
clude person-to-person services, and in
January 2001 Rubick officially established
the group as a nonprofit organization.
With the motto "our name is our
mission," SAFE provides a speaker's
bureau, court advocacy, support
groups, hotlines and community re
sources to every type of person who
has been victimized by violence.
SAFE has opened a chapter in New
Hampshire, which has the same serv
ices as a domestic violence shelter
without the actual shelter. This chap
ter received more than 150 calls re
garding domestic violence in the first
three months of2004.
Rubick is currently working to open
a shelter in Eugene and Portland. He
said the organization is based in Port
land, but they do policy work national
ly and he hopes a new Portland chap
ter would help people on a local level
One of SAFE's most popular servic
es is a brochure that individually dis
cusses domestic violence against het
erosexual men, gay men and lesbians.
These brochures have been translated
into many languages, including Chi
nese, Russian, Bulgarian and Spanish,
to better serve the communities. Abi
gail Van Buren endorsed the hetero
sexual men brochure in her Dear
Abby column.Rubick said he hopes
SAFE will be able to conduct a nation
wide survey of available domestic vi
olence services in the future.
"We're trying to get feedback on what
type of services are out there," he said.
He said SAFE has received praise from
the Points of light Foundation and the
National Crime Prevention Council.
Eugene Womenspace Community
Outreach Director Margo Schaefer said
programs such as SAFE are important
to make people feel comfortable.
"Our program is called Women
space, so that could be a barrier for
some people," she said. "People should
go where they feel comfortable"
Although Womenspace used to just
serve women, Schaefer said they have
opened their services to everyone.
She said she is glad to see these
type of programs available, especial
ly due to the dramatic rise of domes
tic violence recently.
Schaefer said since September
2003, Lane County has experienced
nine homicides or suicides where ei
ther the abuser or victim died. Prior to
September, there were nine similar in
cidents over a seven-year span.
Rubick said SAFE'S goal is to provide
services to everyone who needs them.
"It doesn't matter what type of per
son you are," he said. "If you're in an
abusive relationship, it is the type of
experience you're having that is im
portant. The services you receive
should be based on what you need,
rather than who you are."
Contact the crime/health/safety
reporter at lisacatto@dailyemerald.com.
Program s founder
tries to help victims
A professor seeks funds
to continue ACCESS for
domestic violence victims
By Ayisha Yahya
News Editor
A University faculty member is try
ing to help victims of domestic vio
lence reshape their lives. Counseling
Psychology Assistant Professor Krista
Chronister said she wants to restart a
program this fall that helps battered
women with economic and career-de
velopment assistance.
Chronister first started the Advanc
ing Career Counseling and Educa
tional Support for Survivors of do
mestic violence program in fall 2000.
"The first time was for my doctoral
research}," she said.
Chronister said the ACCESS pro
gram — which focused on helping
victims of abuse find out how they
can get jobs and further their careers
— was the first of its kind in the area.
She added that it is important to
understand how domestic violence
affects battered women's abilities to
work or find jobs.
"We help them identify different
jobs," she said, adding that the
women also leam about goal setting,
job searching, and how to do infor
mational interviews.
"We talk a lot about the impart of
domestic violence on their career,"
she said.
She said focusing on employ
ment and career development in the
short and long terms will help
abused women access financial re
sources and allow them to become
economically stable.
Chronister worked in collaboration
with local churches and Women
space, which provides services for vic
tims of domestic violence. According
to a University news release, Chronis
ter wanted to start ACCESS after she
had volunteered at Womenspace for
four years and realized that the com
munity lacked development pro
grams that addressed women's eco
nomic and career needs.
"If we can help women in these ar
eas we can be more effective in getting
them out of abusive relationships and
prevent reoccurrence of domestic vio
lence," she said in the release.
While the initial program was a
five-week career-counseling group,
Chronister said she now hopes to ini
tiate a year-long program that will
serve up to 100 women in the area.
Chronister said 67 women started
and finished the pilot program. More
than 150 initially participated, and
more than 300 called to inquire about
the program, she said.
Chronister said she is currently
seeking funding to restart the pro
gram, which would cost about
$50,000 to $70,000 for a full year.
She said she hopes social service
agencies will eventually implement
programs like ACCESS as part of their
routine services.
Womenspace Community Out
reach Director Margo Schaefer said
programs like ACCESS are vital in of
fering a support network for victims
and putting them in contact with peo
ple who may have experienced the
same problems.
"It's really important that people
understand what happened to them,"
she said.
Womenspace has various pro
grams, including a 24-hour crisis hot
line, an emergency shelter and a drop
in advocacy center. Schaefer said
Womenspace works with about 55
families each year. A recent study
shows that one in 10 women in Ore
gon has been a victim of partner
abuse, Schaefer said, and domestic
abuse is one of the leading causes of
violent death for women.
"When a woman is murdered in
this country, one in three times it's her
husband or boyfriend who killed
her, "she said.
In Lane County, 11 domestic vio
lence-related deaths have occurred
since September, more than twice
those reported in Multnomah Coun
ty, Schaefer said.
Women are not the only victims,
however. Schaefer said men also expe
rience abuse, and Womenspace does
serve male clients as well.
Schaefer said it is necessary for peo
ple to know how they can help those
who may be victims.
"One of the most important things
for somebody to make a successful
change is to have a support person,"
she said.
Contact the news editor
at ayishayahya@dailyemerald.com.