Salasin Project
Like stones cast into still water, violence creates a series of endless concentric ripples changing the surface, displacing women and children from the center of their own lives and pushing them to the margins. It is from the margins of poverty, homelessness, substance abuse, and emotional distress that service delivery systems often encounter them.
Our vision is to create a safe community for every woman and every family. Our vision is to create a community that can provide supports, services, and solace to families and individuals who are living in fear. More importantly, our vision is to create a community where every member can achieve a full and satisfying life free of violence and all its consequences. We believe this can happen by providing individual and family supports in a healing community. This vision is guided by three principles: all supports and resources must be trauma-informed; all persons and families seeking assistance are experts in their lives and in their healing; and individual, family and community safety can best be accomplished through trauma-informed community based services and educated and aware citizens prepared to connect to those in need.
Who We Are
Working in Franklin County, the Salasin Project seeks to create a safe community where every member can achieve a full and satisfying life free of violence and its consequences. Our work includes:
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1) Domestic Violence Trauma Advocacy;
2) Basic Needs Support and Housing Stabilization;
3) Family Support Workers; and,
4) Women’s Resource Centers in Greenfield and Turners Falls
Vision Statement
Develop a healing community by breaking the cycle of intergenerational violence and expanding safe environments for women and their families throughout Western Massachusetts.
Women’s Resource Centers Of Western Massachusetts
Greenfield Women’s Resource Center
278 Federal Street
Greenfield, Massachusetts
(413) 775-0010
Turners Falls Women’s Resource Center
41 Third Street
Turners Falls, Massachusetts
(413) 863-2455
A program of MCSM
Contact:
Maria Rodman
Associate Executive Director for Training and Community Development
Salasin Project Director
(413) 774-4305
E-mail: Maria Rodman
Donna Covino, Greenfield Women’s Center Coordinator
(413) 863-4806 x 5
E-mail: Donna Covino
Deb McGranaghan, Administrative Coordinator
(413) 863-4806 x 7
E-mail: Deb McGranaghan
Christine Diani, Turners Falls Resource Center Coordinator
(413) 863-2455
E-mail: Christine Diani
Christine Emery, Resource Coordinator
(413) 863-4806 x 6
E-mail: Christine Emery
