Alaksa Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Staff

 

 

 

JUNEAU OFFICE

Training Program

Wilma Bennett, Training Assistant

Patti Bland, Training Project Director

DELTA Project

Lori Grassgreen, DELTA Project Coordinator  

Administration

Brenda Brown, Office Manager

Peggy Brown, Executive Director

Brie Chapman, Finance Clerk

Grace Danborn, Policy Research Associate

Mary Norcross, Financial Administrator  

Legal Advocacy Project

Lora Browne, VISTA Volunteer LAP Project Coordinator

Andrea Browning, LAP Program Coordinator

Kari Robinson, LAP Director / Project Attorney

 

SITKA OFFICE

Pro Bono Program

Jenn King, Staff Attorney

Christine McLeod Pate, Pro Bono Mentoring Attorney

Jane Langley, Pro Bono Program Coordinator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault is a non-profit, membership corporation composed of 21 programs statewide that provide services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, offender services, and adult crisis intervention services. The purposes of the Network are to promote linkage and communication between the programs, facilitate information sharing, secure funding in a cooperative and non-competitive manner, and to expose the roots of violence against women and children in this culture.

The Network was established in 1977. At that time, there were five programs in the state dealing with issues of domestic violence and sexual assault. However, the programs were not coordinated, the issues were not significantly recognized, there was little funding available, and legislation to impact the problem was negligible. Currently, there are twenty-one programs who are Network members, a state agency committed to the elimination of violence against women has been established, funding continues to be appropriated, and the issues of domestic violence and sexual assault are recognized as serious statewide concerns requiring the maximum attention.

 

Our Philosophy

The Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (ANDVSA) is committed to the elimination of interpersonal violence and societal oppression in the lives of women and children.

Collectively, we believe interpersonal violence is the use of force or threat to achieve and maintain control over others.  We believe societal oppression is the abuse of power which systematically creates conditions that condone violent acts.

Collectively, we believe that the elimination of interpersonal and societal violence is most effectively advanced through:  grass roots efforts of local-based programs; communities that hold abusers accountable; and networking and coalition building at the local, state, and national levels.

Collectively, we believe in the self-determination of women, empowerment through support and education, and the right of all persons to live without fear of interpersonal violence regardless of race, gender, national origin, age, level of ability, religion or sexual orientation.

Revised 2004