Risa Mednick
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Risa Mednick grew up in Brooklyn, New York and suburban New Jersey. At activist even at an early age, she has continued to serve her community by being an advocate, policy partner, and city commission member.
She was a Women's Studies major in college, and, professionally, has worked with and for non-profits and NGOs. Most recently, from 2008-2018, Risa was the executive director of Transition House, one of the oldest domestic violence service centers in the United States.
The Harvard Graduate Student Union-UAW's guide to municipal elections in Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston for City Council and Somerville Mayor.
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The work to fight systemic oppression and to support survivors of violence continues at a time when the possibilities and constraints are very different than they were when that work started. Shelters are no longer considered the primary form of intervention. Strategies to combat domestic violence have broadened, but public perception of the issue has not.
Under her leadership for the past decade, the organization has tripled its operational budget, doubled its staff, increased its housing capacity, fully renovated its shelter and developed new multidisciplinary partnerships. She also co-founded the Cambridge Nonprofit Coalition.
Under her leadership for the past decade, the organization has tripled its operational budget, doubled its staff, increased its housing capacity, fully renovated its shelter and developed new multidisciplinary partnerships. She also co-founded the Cambridge Nonprofit Coalition.