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Finding your way around cambridge

Map of local resources (opens in a new screen).

YOU FIND YOUR STRENGTH

  • You Find Your Strength- an online resource guide created by women who were homeless in Cambridge and Somerville, Massachusetts.
  • These women aimed to share their stories and create a guide to help other women who were facing homelessness. Their support, wisdom, and practical advice is offered here to help homeless women find their strength, feel less alone, and realize new possibilities in their lives. 

a window on the issues

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omen at On The Rise face challenges that are both highly personal and broadly political. While no person can be summed up by a single issue, our "Window" articles provide a glimpse into one area of challenge and describes how On The Rise responds. We will add "Windows" and update these articles over time. If you have reactions or thoughts to share, please email us at window@ontherise.org.

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Homelessness and Violence

Homelessness is an enormous social problem in the United States. Homeless women - including the "hidden homeless" - are particularly vulnerable to multiple forms of victimization including forced, coerced, or manipulated sexual activity. Levels of victimization that women endure before, during, and after episodes of homelessness remain enormously high, often occurring in multiple settings at the hands of multiple perpetrators. Read full article >>

— Excerpted from "No Safe Place: Sexual assault in the lives of homeless women" a research paper co-authored by On The Rise's Founder, Katya Fels, with Lisa Goodman and Catherine Glenn (2006, September) Harrisburg, PA: VAWnet, a project of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence/Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

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