Safety, Empowerment, Healing, and Hope
Who We Are
The mission of Bradley Angle is to offer survivors of domestic and sexual violence options for safety, empowerment, healing and hope, while collaborating with our communities to create social change.
What we do
In 1975, Bradley Angle became the first domestic violence shelter on the West Coast (and only the fourth in the United States). Over the years, our services have expanded to include a 24- hour crisis line, transitional housing, support groups, community-based advocacy, and three programs unique to Oregon: culturally specific programming for African and African-American survivors, an economic empowerment program called Making Cent$, and support for LGBTQ survivors.
Bradley Angle has a long history of providing local leadership to address unmet community needs and services for domestic violence survivors and their families.
Why we do this work
Among the many reasons we do this important work: because of the strength and resiliency of our participants.
“I told my mom about what we talked about in group about ‘My body belongs to me and no one else,’ and I showed her how I can say ‘no’ to bad touch. She said that was good.” —5-year-old in an individual meeting with the Youth Coordinator)
“So my dad did like horrible things, stuff that I will never forgive him for. And I want to tell my mom that it’s going to be okay in the end. ‘Cause we’re away from him, and he can’t touch me or my brother or sister no more. And I know that she’s going to get full custody of us and she shouldn’t have to worry about it.” —11-year-old boy in a meeting with the Youth Coordinator
“I’m glad we came here ‘cause it’s like really really safe. And my stepdad can’t get in here and hurt us. I was just going to run away, I couldn’t take it anymore.” — 16-year-old girl during initial youth intake
Tonight is my last night at Bradley Angle, and I want to share with you the hope, the empowerment, and the sisterhood I’ve found here. When I first called, I was panicked, afraid, angry, alone.
“I wish I could run home to Mom and Dad,” I said. However, they’d been dead for many years. I’d been demeaned, betrayed, lied to and abused by the person I had shared with most intimately—my… MORE >
BRADLEY ANGLE•5432 N. Albina Ave.•Portland, OR 97217•503.232.1528