Welcome to Safe Havens
In 1984, Anne Marie Hunter
was working in a domestic violence services agency in Boston. Woman
after woman spoke of their faith and their response to the violence.
One woman said, “I told my pastor 27 years ago about the
violence. He told me to pray harder. Now I have calluses on my knees
and he still beats me.” Another woman said, “I turned the
other cheek, and turned the other cheek, until I ran out of
faces.” Safe Havens was founded in 1991 for all the people who
have “run out of faces.”
Safe Havens is a small grassroots not-for-profit agency with a big
mission: to empower faith communities and leaders through education,
advocacy, and resources to respond to victims of abuse and their
families. Safe Havens also builds bridges between faith communities and
domestic violence service providers to support a coherent
community-wide response, and works to build an interfaith movement to
end violence in the home.
Safe Havens… because no one should have to choose between faith
and safety.