The "Love Warrior" Blog — .

History

Original Safety Compass efforts began in 2014, under the name County Line Safety Compass. The name honored the fact that the services were local to the Silverton and Mt. Angel area near the Marion and Clackamas County Line. Initially these efforts were purely grassroots and Founder Esther Nelson resisted formalizing into a non-profit because she wanted to be sure that the numbers would sustain an on-going effort and that the role would not be a duplication of an existing service in Marion County.

County Line Safety Compass came into existence in response to two high profile, local, domestic violence related homicides that took place around the time of the effort's inception. In the first 18 months, Safety Compass has made 156 contacts with 58 domestic and sexual violence survivors, provided community education to 183 community members, trained 30 emergency room staff and administration at Silverton Hospital, and spoke about our services with all sworn personnel within the Silverton Police Department. We are nationally recognized for our efforts to advocate for sex-trafficking survivors, having provided almost 200 hours of consultation assistance to other professionals on how to serve this population of survivors in a culturally specific manner, since the program began in 2014. In the past year Safety Compass has been utilized by the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as a resource for local families whose children went missing.

 Safety Compass Staff have been guest speakers for:

• Oregon Health Sciences, Doernbecher Children’s Hospital: physician’s grand rounds, Portland OR
• Alameda County HEAT Watch National Sex-Trafficking Conference, Oakland CA
• Harvard School of Medicine, Summit on Best Practices for Sexually Exploited Children, San Francisco CA
• National Child Abuse & Family Violence sponsored by Clackamas County Sheriff’s Department, Portland, OR
• National Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Conference, Washington D.C.
• National Homeless and Runaway Youth Conference, Portland OR
• FBI Portland Field Office, Portland OR
• U.S. Attorney’s Office, Portland OR
• Cares NW Child Abuse Assessment Center, Portland OR
• Multnomah County Department of Community Justice, Portland OR
• Beaverton Police Department
• Hillsboro Police Department
• Tigard Police Department
• Washington County Sheriff’s Department
• Portland Police Bureau
• Multnomah County Domestic Violence One-Stop Family Justice Center, Portland OR
• Clark County Juvenile Detention Center, Vancouver WA
• Multnomah County Juvenile Detention Center, Portland OR
• Clackamas County Juvenile Detention Center, Oregon City OR
• Multnomah County Jail
• Various Domestic Violence Advocacy Agencies, Oregon & Washington
• Various Sexual Assault Advocacy Agencies, Oregon & Washington
• Various Child Abuse Assessment Center
• Various Homeless Youth Care agencies, Oregon & Washington
• Various Faith Based Groups & Churches, Oregon and Washington
• Various Open-to-the-Public Presentations, Oregon & Washington
• Portland State University

 
We can't wait to see what the future holds. Please consider joining our effort by donating or stay tuned for volunteer roles to posted soon!
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