Jean Douglas is Executive Director of the Women’s Resource Center to End Domestic Violence, a nonprofit organization at which she’s spent 30 years, first as a volunteer and then as an employee. It aims to create a world where domestic violence does not exist, through intervention, prevention, education and advocacy. Demand for the center’s services is up. Calls to its hotline increased 35% from last year. It handles about 4,700 calls to the crisis line a year. Last year, it provided 2,200 people with legal advocacy services. 

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