REACH Beyond Domestic Violence
@reach-ma.bsky.social
REACH is a Massachusetts-based nonprofit working to support survivors of domestic violence and educate local communities about the systemic issues that enable DV in the first place.
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Everyone DeservesHealthy Relationships At REACH, we’re empowering individuals, families, and communities to overcome domestic violence – because we all deserve safe, healthy relationships. Get Support...
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Hello Bluesky followers! We're REACH, a Massachusetts-based nonprofit dedicated to supporting domestic violence survivors and educating local communities about the systemic causes of DV. You can learn more about our work over at reachma.org. We're so happy to be here!
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We will answer calls, texts, and emails again starting on 12/29.
December 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
We will answer calls, texts, and emails again starting on 12/29.
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“Make sure the survivor knows the holidays are indescribably better because they are with you.”
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How Can You Help Survivors During The Holidays?
The holidays are the perfect time to support survivors and show them they will have your support in the coming year.
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December 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
“Make sure the survivor knows the holidays are indescribably better because they are with you.”
#holidayseason #supportsurvivors
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#holidayseason #supportsurvivors
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Free Webinar on February 25! Stop Counting, Start Planning: How to Track & Use Nonprofit KPIs: www.nptechforgood.com/webinars/fre... ✅
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Measuring key performance indicators help track everything from how you’re engaging your community to the effectiveness of your fundraising campaigns.
[Free Webinar] How to Track & Use Nonprofit KPIs
Measuring key performance indicators (KPIs) help track everything from how you’re engaging your community to the effectiveness of your fundraising campaigns.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Free Webinar on February 25! Stop Counting, Start Planning: How to Track & Use Nonprofit KPIs: www.nptechforgood.com/webinars/fre... ✅
Measuring key performance indicators help track everything from how you’re engaging your community to the effectiveness of your fundraising campaigns.
Measuring key performance indicators help track everything from how you’re engaging your community to the effectiveness of your fundraising campaigns.
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Residents and small businesses can save money on their energy bills by enrolling in Boston Community Choice Electricity’s Basic or Standard rates.
Both rates are lower than current and upcoming Eversource rates and use renewable energy.
Enroll at boston.gov/bcce.
Both rates are lower than current and upcoming Eversource rates and use renewable energy.
Enroll at boston.gov/bcce.
December 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Residents and small businesses can save money on their energy bills by enrolling in Boston Community Choice Electricity’s Basic or Standard rates.
Both rates are lower than current and upcoming Eversource rates and use renewable energy.
Enroll at boston.gov/bcce.
Both rates are lower than current and upcoming Eversource rates and use renewable energy.
Enroll at boston.gov/bcce.
Happy holidays from everyone here at REACH! Our offices will be closed on Thursday, December 25 in observance of Christmas, but our emergency hotline will still be available for those who need it at 1-800-899-4000. Normal office hours will resume on Monday, December 29. 💜 🎄 ⛄
December 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Happy holidays from everyone here at REACH! Our offices will be closed on Thursday, December 25 in observance of Christmas, but our emergency hotline will still be available for those who need it at 1-800-899-4000. Normal office hours will resume on Monday, December 29. 💜 🎄 ⛄
From now until January 31, 2026, you can use promo code STARS26 for a $50 discount on ‘Reach for the Stars’ 2026 Gala tickets! Tickets are available at givebutter.com/stars2026
December 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
From now until January 31, 2026, you can use promo code STARS26 for a $50 discount on ‘Reach for the Stars’ 2026 Gala tickets! Tickets are available at givebutter.com/stars2026
Thank you to everyone who helped make our 2025 Holiday Gift Program another rousing success! Whether you made a financial gift, donated in-kind items, volunteered, or contributed in any other way, you helped make the holidays brighter and warmer for our survivor clients.
December 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Thank you to everyone who helped make our 2025 Holiday Gift Program another rousing success! Whether you made a financial gift, donated in-kind items, volunteered, or contributed in any other way, you helped make the holidays brighter and warmer for our survivor clients.
December’s REACH newsletter is going out tomorrow! If you’d like to stay up to date with everything that’s happening at our organization, you can subscribe by clicking the link below.
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December 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
December’s REACH newsletter is going out tomorrow! If you’d like to stay up to date with everything that’s happening at our organization, you can subscribe by clicking the link below.
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Winning Home Inc., an organization dedicated to providing care for children in need, has once again chosen to support REACH’s Children and Families program, this time with a generous grant of ten thousand dollars! You can learn more about Winning Home over at winninghome.org
December 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Winning Home Inc., an organization dedicated to providing care for children in need, has once again chosen to support REACH’s Children and Families program, this time with a generous grant of ten thousand dollars! You can learn more about Winning Home over at winninghome.org
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“I was vacuuming the car — and all of a sudden I felt someone grab me from behind,” said one of the workers at the Allston car wash that was raided by ICE. He and his co-workers were taken to the Burlington, MA ICE detention center. https://bit.ly/4pp1umW
Allston car wash workers speak out about their detention
A seventh employee, the only one sent out of New England, was released Saturday.
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December 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“I was vacuuming the car — and all of a sudden I felt someone grab me from behind,” said one of the workers at the Allston car wash that was raided by ICE. He and his co-workers were taken to the Burlington, MA ICE detention center. https://bit.ly/4pp1umW
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At Brookline News we want to do more coverage of interesting, achieving, eccentric, or inspiring people in Brookline. I'd love your suggestions for who we should write about -- especially if they're folks who are not already famous or well-known in the community.
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December 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
At Brookline News we want to do more coverage of interesting, achieving, eccentric, or inspiring people in Brookline. I'd love your suggestions for who we should write about -- especially if they're folks who are not already famous or well-known in the community.
DM or email [email protected]
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Today is International #HumanRightsDay and the last day of #16DaysofActivism against Gender-Based Violence.
To mark it, here’s a thread of podcast episodes and briefs that lay bare some of the human rights violations facing women and girls worldwide and pathways to justice 🧵
To mark it, here’s a thread of podcast episodes and briefs that lay bare some of the human rights violations facing women and girls worldwide and pathways to justice 🧵
December 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Today is International #HumanRightsDay and the last day of #16DaysofActivism against Gender-Based Violence.
To mark it, here’s a thread of podcast episodes and briefs that lay bare some of the human rights violations facing women and girls worldwide and pathways to justice 🧵
To mark it, here’s a thread of podcast episodes and briefs that lay bare some of the human rights violations facing women and girls worldwide and pathways to justice 🧵
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Yesterday we celebrated Human Rights Day honoring the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Next Monday is Bill of Rights Day—a fine opportunity to teach the next generations about our Constitutional heritage. Make a plan: ed.icivics.org
December 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Yesterday we celebrated Human Rights Day honoring the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Next Monday is Bill of Rights Day—a fine opportunity to teach the next generations about our Constitutional heritage. Make a plan: ed.icivics.org
Our deepest thanks go out to the Community Foundation for MetroWest for awarding REACH a 2025 Human Services grant! Funding from the grant will go towards general operating support for the work that REACH does to help survivors of domestic abuse and intimate partner violence. 💜
December 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Our deepest thanks go out to the Community Foundation for MetroWest for awarding REACH a 2025 Human Services grant! Funding from the grant will go towards general operating support for the work that REACH does to help survivors of domestic abuse and intimate partner violence. 💜
REACH recently held an impromptu “award ceremony brunch” for Karen Hoffman, the winner of our 2025 ‘Voice of Justice’ award. We enjoyed the opportunity to catch up with Karen and reminisce about her time volunteering with REACH. Thank you, Karen, and congratulations!
December 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
REACH recently held an impromptu “award ceremony brunch” for Karen Hoffman, the winner of our 2025 ‘Voice of Justice’ award. We enjoyed the opportunity to catch up with Karen and reminisce about her time volunteering with REACH. Thank you, Karen, and congratulations!
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It's been two years in business, and Friar Tuck's Comics & Collectibles in Coolidge Corner is still going strong, with a focus on physical media, a vast collection of comics and a "surprising" community interest in card games like Pokemon and Magic: The Gathering.
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How a Coolidge Corner shop is keeping Brookline's comic scene alive - Brookline.News
Friar Tuck's Comics & Collectibles, now two years old, is succeeding on the back of owner Rob Tuck's massive collection and a surprising card community.
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December 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
It's been two years in business, and Friar Tuck's Comics & Collectibles in Coolidge Corner is still going strong, with a focus on physical media, a vast collection of comics and a "surprising" community interest in card games like Pokemon and Magic: The Gathering.
brookline.news/how-a-coolid...
brookline.news/how-a-coolid...
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Impending Medicaid cuts, the GOP megabill’s 'defunding' of Planned Parenthood, and frozen #TitleX grant funding are fueling rural health clinic closures. This week, Ashley Kurzweil and Sarah Coombs at NPWF talk with us about the future of rural hospitals and clinics and the patients they care for.
Rural Hospitals—and their Labor and Delivery Units—Face Rising Threats — rePROs Fight Back
Impending Medicaid cuts, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s defunding of Planned Parenthood, and the freezing of Title X funding have fueled clinic closures across rural areas. Ashley Kurzweil , Senior...
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December 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Impending Medicaid cuts, the GOP megabill’s 'defunding' of Planned Parenthood, and frozen #TitleX grant funding are fueling rural health clinic closures. This week, Ashley Kurzweil and Sarah Coombs at NPWF talk with us about the future of rural hospitals and clinics and the patients they care for.
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Leaders of a Catholic church in Massachusetts kept a Nativity display with an anti-ICE message in place on Monday, defying an order from the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to remove it. The display shows Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus missing, replaced by a sign reading “ICE WAS HERE.” trib.al/adPW46y
December 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Leaders of a Catholic church in Massachusetts kept a Nativity display with an anti-ICE message in place on Monday, defying an order from the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to remove it. The display shows Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus missing, replaced by a sign reading “ICE WAS HERE.” trib.al/adPW46y
The newest entry in our Gaming for Good blog series, which centers on the 2025 video game Silent Hill f, is now available to read over at tinyurl.com/vewnws3b
December 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The newest entry in our Gaming for Good blog series, which centers on the 2025 video game Silent Hill f, is now available to read over at tinyurl.com/vewnws3b
With the end of the year in sight, we wanted to look back and celebrate all the ways our staff and our supporters made an impact in 2025. If you supported REACH in any way, we hope you enjoy seeing the change you helped create, and that you continue to support us in 2026! 💜
December 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
With the end of the year in sight, we wanted to look back and celebrate all the ways our staff and our supporters made an impact in 2025. If you supported REACH in any way, we hope you enjoy seeing the change you helped create, and that you continue to support us in 2026! 💜
Our deepest thanks to everyone who helped reverse the planned funding cut to domestic and sexual violence services under DPH 4513-1136! Whether you made phone calls, sent emails, shared social media posts, or did whatever else you could to spread the word, you helped make this possible.
December 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Our deepest thanks to everyone who helped reverse the planned funding cut to domestic and sexual violence services under DPH 4513-1136! Whether you made phone calls, sent emails, shared social media posts, or did whatever else you could to spread the word, you helped make this possible.
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Our Sexual & Reproductive Health & Rights Hero Origin Stories series is back!
This week, hear how these heroes found their path in SRHR:
🌻 Christina Krysinski (PPFA & Action Fund)
🌻 Asha Dahya (Emmy-nominated producer, filmmaker, advocate, mom of two)
🌻 Rachel Marchand (rePROs Fight Back)
This week, hear how these heroes found their path in SRHR:
🌻 Christina Krysinski (PPFA & Action Fund)
🌻 Asha Dahya (Emmy-nominated producer, filmmaker, advocate, mom of two)
🌻 Rachel Marchand (rePROs Fight Back)
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Hero Origin Stories: Round 7 — rePROs Fight Back
It’s that time of year again! Ready for a reprisal of our most popular series, SRHR Hero Origin Stories? On this episode, hear from Christina Krysinski , Associate Director for Global Advocacy at Pla...
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December 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Our Sexual & Reproductive Health & Rights Hero Origin Stories series is back!
This week, hear how these heroes found their path in SRHR:
🌻 Christina Krysinski (PPFA & Action Fund)
🌻 Asha Dahya (Emmy-nominated producer, filmmaker, advocate, mom of two)
🌻 Rachel Marchand (rePROs Fight Back)
This week, hear how these heroes found their path in SRHR:
🌻 Christina Krysinski (PPFA & Action Fund)
🌻 Asha Dahya (Emmy-nominated producer, filmmaker, advocate, mom of two)
🌻 Rachel Marchand (rePROs Fight Back)
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As #GivingTuesday comes to an end, please help NSRH continue to provide nurses, midwives, doulas, healthcare professionals, and nursing students with the tools needed to help fill gaps in sexual and reproductive care.
Visit us: www.nsrh.org
#GivingTuesday2025
Visit us: www.nsrh.org
#GivingTuesday2025
Donate to NSRH
Show your support with a contribution.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:46 AM
As #GivingTuesday comes to an end, please help NSRH continue to provide nurses, midwives, doulas, healthcare professionals, and nursing students with the tools needed to help fill gaps in sexual and reproductive care.
Visit us: www.nsrh.org
#GivingTuesday2025
Visit us: www.nsrh.org
#GivingTuesday2025
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From online harassment to threats in the field, women environmental defenders experience violence simply for protecting our planet.
They deserve safety — offline and online.
UN Women explains how you can take action for a safe environment: https://ow.ly/Vu3V50XANAL
They deserve safety — offline and online.
UN Women explains how you can take action for a safe environment: https://ow.ly/Vu3V50XANAL
December 3, 2025 at 5:40 AM
From online harassment to threats in the field, women environmental defenders experience violence simply for protecting our planet.
They deserve safety — offline and online.
UN Women explains how you can take action for a safe environment: https://ow.ly/Vu3V50XANAL
They deserve safety — offline and online.
UN Women explains how you can take action for a safe environment: https://ow.ly/Vu3V50XANAL
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NEW RESOURCE: rePROs Senior Fellow Preston D. Mitchum’s policy brief offers an analysis of the Trump administration's assault on diversity, equity, and inclusion & why DEI is the blueprint for survival for communities pushed to the margins by institutional oppression ➡️ tinyurl.com/DEIIsNotATrend
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
NEW RESOURCE: rePROs Senior Fellow Preston D. Mitchum’s policy brief offers an analysis of the Trump administration's assault on diversity, equity, and inclusion & why DEI is the blueprint for survival for communities pushed to the margins by institutional oppression ➡️ tinyurl.com/DEIIsNotATrend