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Since 1996, the Asian/Pacific Islander Domestic Violence Resource Project (DVRP) has provided services to survivors of domestic violence in Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia. Our mission is to address and prevent domestic violence in Asian/Pacific Islander (A/PI) communities.
DVRP is a non-hierarchical organization which is built upon mutual respect, shared responsibility, trust and equality, and is supported by a collaborative style of leadership. DVRP strives to foster collaboration with all people and communities to end various forms of oppression.
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DVRP is a non-hierarchical organization, comprised of women and men who are committed to ending domestic violence in the A/PI community in the DC area.
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Our Organizational Structure
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In 1995, a diverse group of A/PI women came together to discuss the issue of domestic violence in the A/PI community and the resources available to assist survivors.
These women, the Founders of DVRP, surveyed area service providers in order to determine whether A/PI survivors of domestic violence were accessing services and what local agencies were doing to provide services to the A/PI community. The results of this survey estimated that there were over 500 abused A/PI women that were utilizing these agencies but there were very few culturally and linguistically appropriate services available to meet all of the survivors’ needs.
In response to the lack of services, the Founders created the Asian/Pacific Islander Domestic Violence Resource Project (DVRP) to provide services to all A/PI survivors of domestic violence in the D.C. area and educate the larger community about the problem of domestic violence. DVRP was incorporated as a non-profit agency in 1996.
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DVRP Time Line
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