Women’s Support Groups Times and Locations

Contact us for more information:

Pat Bergquist at pbergquist@theduluthmodel.org or 218-722-2781 ext. 106 or

Alyxis Feltus at afeltus@theduluthmodel.org or 218-722-2781 ext. 108 for more information.

Support and Safety for Women

Every woman’s migration out of isolation and abuse is unique.

DAIP’s Women’s Advocacy and Education Groups get women the support they need to make the changes they choose for safety.

DAIP's Women’s Advocacy and Education Groups help women find support and identity after years of isolation and abuse. Often it is tied to other women helping her find resiliency in her life. Our groups provide education and one-on-one advocacy for Native American women, for all women facing a loss of custody of their children, and for women charged with using physical force in the context of domestic abuse.

"I needed to feel safe. My partner abused me for many years. Now that I had taken steps to move to safety, it had gotten worse and everything was heating up in court. The judges were hearing from both sides and I was overwhelmed confused and scared. Advocacy staff accompanied me to court not once but every time. They helped me know what to expect." – Mother threatened with loss of physical custody of her child.

"Through the women’s education groups, I unearthed how it was that that the opinion I held about myself had been shaped almost exclusively by my husband. He was controlling everything I thought about myself… He had convinced me I was worthless." – Participant in the women's groups

When you support our Battered Women’s Advocacy and Education, you strengthen her resolve to move away from abuse, you lessen her isolation and you build the interagency systems she can trust to protect her and take responsibility for the violence.

Please give generously. Her life depends on it.