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The Nebraska Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence provides statewide leadership and support to systems, agencies, and individuals to prevent and end sexual and domestic violence, human trafficking, and stalking.

30 Nebraskans lost their lives to domestic abuse in 2025 alone. The people closest to victims often saw warning signs lo...
09/01/2026

30 Nebraskans lost their lives to domestic abuse in 2025 alone. The people closest to victims often saw warning signs long before a crisis.

These figures come from the Domestic Abuse Death Review Team's 2026 Annual Report, released this month by the Nebraska Attorney General's Office. That team includes appointees from across Nebraska's response system, including our own executive director and representatives from organizations in our network.

Since 2022, the team has completed 41 comprehensive case reviews covering 46 victims, digging into public records and interviews with friends and family to understand what happened before each death. The reviews turned up a sobering pattern: of the 46 victims examined, only one had been in contact with a domestic violence agency in the year before their death. Yet family members knew about prior violence in 74% of cases, and friends knew in 65%. The people closest to victims often saw warning signs long before a crisis.

Recognizing warning signs is one thing. Knowing how to help is another.

Join us on Tuesday, October 13, for a DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH LUNCH & LEARN. You'll learn:
▪️ what domestic violence can look like and signs to watch for, as well as
▪️ what you can say and do when supporting someone you care about.
Registration is now open. Visit our website to get started.

Between July 2022 and the end of 2025, 89 Nebraskans lost their lives to domestic abuse, with 30 in 2025 alone, and more...
08/25/2026

Between July 2022 and the end of 2025, 89 Nebraskans lost their lives to domestic abuse, with 30 in 2025 alone, and more intimate partner murder-suicides last year than in 2023 and 2024 combined.

These figures come from the Domestic Abuse Death Review Team's 2026 Annual Report, released this month by the Nebraska Attorney General's Office. The report arrives alongside a warning about resources.

Funding cuts, along with rising inflation and increased demand for services, mean organizations across the state are having to make difficult operational decisions. Rdap, one of our network organizations, has had to close its satellite office in Valentine, close three shelter locations, and lose 4 full-time staff members, all due to funding cuts. And that's just one example.

While we are working to address this issue at the statewide level, we cannot overstate the importance of individual actions. Here's how you can help:
▪️ Advocate with your legislators or candidates for adequate funding for domestic violence services.
▪️ Support local service-providing organizations directly through donations and volunteerism.

Back-to-school season is prevention season.Every fall, schools focus on the essentials: schedules, supply lists, orienta...
08/10/2026

Back-to-school season is prevention season.

Every fall, schools focus on the essentials: schedules, supply lists, orientation days. But this season is also a critical window for something less visible on the checklist: preventing intimate partner violence.

Teen dating violence is more common than many adults realize, and the patterns often take root long before a student ever recognizes a relationship as unhealthy. Schools see students daily, across years of development, which means educators and administrators are uniquely positioned to help build the skills and safety nets that prevent violence before it starts.

Here's how schools can make a real difference this year:

1️⃣ Start with school climate. Surveying students about how safe and supported they feel gives schools real data to build from, not assumptions.

2️⃣ Teach healthy relationships as a core skill. Age-appropriate, medically accurate, inclusive curricula on consent and healthy relationships give students a shared vocabulary before it's tested in real life.

3️⃣ Let students lead. Awareness campaigns designed by and for students tend to land differently than anything handed down from the front of a classroom.

4️⃣ Be upfront about confidentiality. Students deserve to know, before they disclose, what happens next. Clarity up front builds trust and protects both the student and the reporting process.

5️⃣ Partner with local advocates. Survivor advocacy organizations bring expertise and resources most schools can't build alone.

These strategies don't work in isolation. A climate survey without curriculum change won't shift culture, and a student-led campaign without clear reporting practices can leave students unsupported after they speak up. Together, though, they create school communities where students have both the tools to recognize healthy relationships and the confidence to ask for help when something isn't right.

Read the full article to find practical resources.

We want to say THANK YOU to The Allstate Foundation for continuing to support survivors in Nebraska through their Econom...
07/21/2026

We want to say THANK YOU to The Allstate Foundation for continuing to support survivors in Nebraska through their Economic Empowerment Grant!

This flexible funding enables us to address economic barriers that survivors often face in getting and staying safe, as well as to create opportunities for survivors to gain financial stability. With this funding, we:
🔸 Provide training and assistance to our network organization on economic justice topics and supporting survivors experiencing economic abuse
🔸 Collaborate with community partners invested in economic justice issues
🔸 Engage in public policy work around economic justice issues impacting survivors here in Nebraska

Please help us thank The Allstate Foundation for their commitment to providing resources that help survivors find safety through financial security.

We are proud to welcome Kendra Bryant as our new Director of Survivor Leadership!She isn't technically new to the Nebras...
07/14/2026

We are proud to welcome Kendra Bryant as our new Director of Survivor Leadership!

She isn't technically new to the Nebraska Coalition, though. You might recognize her as our previous Survivor Leadership Project Coordinator. In that role, Kendra built and implemented a survivor leadership peer-to-peer mentoring program to provide survivors with resources and support while also creating space for them to step into leadership roles and use their lived experience to uplift others.

As she steps into her new role, Kendra answered a few questions to help us get to know her better as the Director of Survivor Leadership.

QUESTION: Tell us about your new position and the work you'll be doing.

KENDRA: I recently stepped into the role of Director of Survivor Leadership at the Nebraska Coalition. In this role, I lead the Survivor Leadership Project, which creates opportunities for survivors to connect, grow, lead, and influence the systems that impact their lives.

The Survivor Leadership Project is grounded in the belief that lived experience is expertise. Through peer support, leadership development, training and education, and policy and systems advocacy, we create opportunities for survivors to bring their lived experience into leadership spaces and help shape programs, services, and systems.

My goal is to help fill gaps that exist after crisis services by creating opportunities for connection, community, leadership, and growth. My goal for the Survivor Leadership Project is to provide opportunities that help survivors move from surviving to thriving.

QUESTION: What inspired you to join the Nebraska Coalition?

KENDRA: I was inspired to join the Nebraska Coalition because of the Survivor Leadership Project. It felt like an opportunity to help build something meaningful from the ground up while giving back to a community that played such an important role in my own journey. I also saw it as an opportunity to continue growing my leadership skills and learning from people doing incredible work across Nebraska.

QUESTION: What about your new role are you most excited about?

KENDRA: What excites me most about this role is the opportunity to give back to the community that poured into me throughout my own journey. As a survivor, advocate, and leader, connection with others who had lived experience helped me navigate challenges, grow, and find my place in this work. I believe survivors have valuable knowledge, skills, and perspectives to offer, and I am honored to help create opportunities for survivors to bring their lived experience into leadership spaces and help shape programs, communities, and systems.

[Image Description: Kendra Bryant, wearing purple and a black shoulder bag, poses with her children while ice skating.]

Shout out to Rachel West, our Prevention & Community Development Director, who was recently selected for the Great Plain...
06/18/2026

Shout out to Rachel West, our Prevention & Community Development Director, who was recently selected for the Great Plains Leadership Institute!

Led by the UNMC College of Public Health, the Institute provides cutting-edge leadership development for a broad cohort of passionate public health leaders. Throughout the year, Rachel will join leaders from across the Great Plains in a yearlong program focused on leadership development, systems thinking, and collaboration to address complex public health challenges.

We’re so proud of Rachel and excited to see what this brings for violence prevention in Nebraska!

[Image Description: Twenty-eight Great Plains Leadership Institute members pose for a group photo. Rachel West, wearing a teal t-shirt, stands on the far left in the front row.]

This week, a team of Nebraskans joined partners from across the country in Washington, D.C. for Federal Advocacy Days: 🔸...
06/05/2026

This week, a team of Nebraskans joined partners from across the country in Washington, D.C. for Federal Advocacy Days:
🔸 Christon MacTaggart, Nebraska Coalition Executive Director
🔸Melanie Kirk, Nebraska Coalition Legal Director
🔸Hallie Razo, Willow Rising, Inc. Operations Director
🔸Zoe Miller, Nebraska Coalition Policy Fellow

While in D.C., they met with Nebraska’s congressional staff to share how federal policies directly impact survivors and violence prevention in our state. They shared concerns about:
🔹The rise in domestic violence homicides
🔹The increasing need for services
🔹The rising costs of services and shelter
🔹The challenges in attracting and retaining advocates
These conversations are vital in ensuring federal policymakers understand the real challenges survivors and service providers face here in Nebraska.

Thank you to The National Network to End Domestic Violence and NSVRC for creating space for these conversations!

[Image Descriptions: Four photos show Zoe Miller, Nebraska Coalition Policy Fellow; Hallie Razo, Willow Rising Operations Director; Christon MacTaggart, Nebraska Coalition Executive Director; and Melanie Kirk, Nebraska Coalition Legal Director, standing together smiling in front of a conference backdrop and in the hallways outside Nebraska congressional delegates' offices.]

We need your help. Federal funding delays are putting lifesaving services for survivors at risk. Across the country, dom...
05/15/2026

We need your help. Federal funding delays are putting lifesaving services for survivors at risk.

Across the country, domestic violence shelters, r**e crisis centers, and survivor advocacy programs are facing dangerous uncertainty as critical funding remains stalled. These delays are already forcing providers to consider staff layoffs, reduced services, longer waitlists, and even closure. For many organizations operating with limited reserves, delayed funding functions as a funding cut. This threatens emergency shelter, crisis response, legal advocacy, counseling, and other essential services survivor rely on.

Survivors cannot afford delays.

It is critical that Congress does everything in its power to urge the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Justice to immediately publish the delayed FY26 Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) and expedite the release of all congressionally appropriated funds for the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) and the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW).

Please visit thttps://nnedv.quorum.us/campaign/162461/ to send a pre-drafted email to your Senators and Representative, urging immediate action on these harmful funding delays.

05/13/2026

While Veronica may have been surprised by her nomination, nobody else in the room was.

Last week, we had the pleasure of officially awarding Veronica Holguin with the NSVRC Visionary Voice Award. Current and former SAFE Center staff, Safe Bars and other community partners, Nebraska Coalition staff, and Veronica’s friends and family gathered in Kearney to celebrate her and her accomplishments. Thank you to everyone who joined us!

And most importantly, thank you to Veronica for your commitment to building a future where all Nebraskans are safe and thriving!

Sexual assault in U.S. jails, prisons, and detention centers remains widespread, yet largely overlooked. According to th...
05/11/2026

Sexual assault in U.S. jails, prisons, and detention centers remains widespread, yet largely overlooked. According to the Department of Justice, nearly 49,300 people in U.S. jails and prisons experienced sexual violence between 2023 and 2024, roughly split evenly between assaults by fellow inmates and by staff.

Why is this such a widespread problem? Sexual violence is rooted in power and control, and detention environments are structurally built around power and control. Detention facilities control basic needs, and staff have the power to restrict freedoms. Plus, people in these environments often form social systems in which only a few hold most of the power and influence. These imbalances increase the risk of sexual violence victimization, as well as limit the ability to hold perpetrators accountable.

The Prison R**e Elimination Act (PREA) was passed in 2003, but as of August 2024, only 25 states and Washington, D.C., actually comply with it. Nebraska is one of the compliant states, but compliance doesn't mean the problem is solved. In 2024, Nebraska's corrections system received 95 complaints of sexual assault.

If we are truly committed to ending sexual violence, we cannot ignore what is happening within detention facilities. This might seem like an overwhelming issue to address, but small actions like contacting your elected representatives to express your concerns can make a difference.

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245 South 84th Street, Suite 200
Lincoln, NE
68510

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Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
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