About Us

The California Partnership to End Domestic Violence (the Partnership) is California’s recognized domestic violence coalition, representing a diverse membership of over 2,000 survivors, advocates, organizations and allied individuals across the state. Working at the local, state, and national levels for nearly 40 years, the Partnership has a long track record of representing the needs of domestic violence survivors and their children to advance legislative and systems change. Our policy work has resulted in the successful passage of over 200 pieces of legislation. The Partnership believes that, by representing and empowering our membership, advocates, and state policy makers, we can address the root causes of domestic violence and work together to end it.

Through policy, prevention, communications, and capacity building, we work to create safe, healthy and thriving relationships and communities. Every day we inspire, inform and connect all those concerned with this issue, because we believe that together, we’re stronger.

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A California free from domestic violence.

The California Partnership to End Domestic Violence promotes the collective voice of a diverse coalition of organizations and individuals, working to eliminate all forms of domestic violence. As an advocate for social change, we advance our mission by shaping public policy, increasing community awareness, and strengthening our members’ capacity to work toward our common goal of advancing the safety and healing of victims, survivors and their families.

While we have “California” in our name, we recognize that the stolen land that the Partnership works within and exists on has originally been stewarded by Native people since time immemorial. This includes 110 federally recognized Tribes and 81 unrecognized Tribes whose land, ancestors, and current people and power we seek to honor. Our staff are spread across areas home to the Nisenan, Maidu, Me-wuk, Tongva, Acjachemen, Muwekma Ohlone, Conestoga-Susquehannock, Southern Pomo, Graton Rancheria peoples.

Domestic violence and colonization share the same core strategies of power and control. As an organization committed to decolonizing our work, we recognize that:

  • we engage with the U.S. Government, an entity which continues to have a complex and sometimes harmful relationship with Native communities.
  • Traditional Knowledge Systems embrace diverse gender expression and consider Two-Spirit people sacred. We apply this wisdom to our Prevention for LGBTQIA+ Communities Peer Learning Circle.
  • in order to improve the systems supporting survivors, we must enhance our understanding of the specific harm to Native women—over half of whom have experienced intimate partner violence in the U.S.—and their unique roles in preserving their cultures for current and future generations.  
  • we make better progress with domestic violence prevention when we partner with Native people who are already leading critical strategies: strengthening children’s and youth’s bond to their cultures, writing new laws that allow Native people to stand in their sovereignty and seek justice, and bringing people who harm into a space of responsibility to survivors and their communities.

To make progress in our work to end domestic violence and support healthy communities, it is essential for us to honor Native people’s sovereignty and unique traditions. Our land acknowledgment is an effort to be accountable to Native people, and especially our members—to repair the harm caused by colonization, and the ripple effects within the movement to end domestic violence.  We commit to doing better as an organization and as individuals by:

  • building sincere and reciprocal relationships with Native people
  • ensuring that Native people are present for decision-making at the Partnership
  • being present to learn from Native people in spaces where they are already working to address domestic violence
  • applying principles of equity to our membership by waiving dues for Tribal & Native organizations

Meet the Partnership

Our work is guided by a dedicated team of leaders, staff, and community representatives. Learn more about the people shaping our mission through our Staff & Board and Policy Council.

Annual Reports & Financials

We believe in transparency and accountability in everything we do. Explore our annual reports to see the impact of our work and review our financial statements for a clear picture of how resources are managed. Together, they highlight our commitment to serving the community responsibly.

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