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Stories from Survivors, News Updates, Event Items

Stories help people recognize abuse, understand the paths survivors take, and see what support can make possible. We publish survivor stories only with informed consent and protect privacy whenever requested.

We also use this space to share news and event updates from Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence throughout the year.

News

Our New Mission, Vision, and Guiding Priorities

We are pleased to share our new mission and vision, along with the priorities that will guide our work in the years ahead. Survivors, advocates, staff, and our board of directors helped shape this direction. Their perspectives remind us how much we have learned and how much work we still have to do together.

Archival photo of Next Door Solutions Founder Bea Robinson

Answering the call since 1971

Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence began with a hotline in a San Jose garage and a simple promise: when someone experiencing intimate partner violence reaches out for help, we answer. That help line has been answered since the day we began. Today, we provide a full continuum of survivor-centered services across Santa Clara County.

1.9K

Survivors served in 2025–2026

17

Weekly support groups

19.8K+

Service sessions provided in 2025–2026

Donations help us answer the hotline, provide shelter and basic needs, support legal and housing solutions, and sustain healing, groups, and therapy services - all at no cost to survivors. They also help us work to prevent intimate partner violence and to make positive changes in the systems survivors work within. 

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News

Our New Mission, Vision, and Guiding Priorities

We are pleased to share our new mission and vision, along with the priorities that will guide our work in the years ahead. Survivors, advocates, staff, and our board of directors helped shape this direction. Their perspectives remind us how much we have learned and how much work we still have to do together.

October 13, 2026

Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence logo with an illustrated open door

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On Truth, Accountability, and Standing with Survivors

JOINT STATEMENT (ENGLISH/SPANISH) Sí Se Puede Collective, YWCA Golden Gate Silicon Valley, & Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence On Truth, Accountability, and Standing with Survivors March 18,

March 17, 2026

Winter Open House volunteer opportunities flyer for Saturday, December 13, 2025, with set-up, shift, and clean-up times

Events

Winter Open House

Annual Winter Open House is December 13th! Thank you to all of you who support this event each year. Will you join us again? Our annual event invites survivors and their children for a festive

October 14, 2025

A purple wrapped gift with gold ribbon among purple flowers

Events

Family to Family Holiday Campaign

Adopt a Family this season with a gift in any amount will allow a family in need to receive a gift card to buy what they need most. We also collect books and stuffed animals for the kids!

October 20, 2024

Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence logo with an illustrated open door

News

Board Member Spotlight: John Radford

John originally joined Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence’s Board of Directors in 2005, took a four year hiatus, and returned in 2023 to help ensure that NDS is positioned financially to expand to meet the increased need for services in our community due to the impact of the pandemic.

June 5, 2023

Light Up the Night: Celebrate and Remember, with a purple awareness ribbon

Events

Light Up The Night 2023 | October 14, 2023 | 6:00 PM Villa Ragusa, Campbell

Honoring domestic violence victims who have lost their lives and survivors that are moving towards wellness and recovery with support from Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence. October 14, 2023 | 6:00 PM | Villa Ragusa, Campbell

May 29, 2023

Three Next Door Solutions staff members holding the 2023 Stanford Community Partnership Award

News

NDS receives Stanford Community Partnership Award

When a Stanford pediatrics resident realized “there were things that weren’t taught in medical school” and reached out to Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence (NDS), the result was a series of presentations to residents at the nonprofit’s permanent shared housing about nutrition, healthy eating, reproductive health, managing the stress of raising children, and domestic violence awareness.

March 26, 2023

Volunteer quote: "I love knowing that mothers and children have a safe place to come." - Barbara, Volunteer

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Volunteer Spotlight: Barbara

Since 2003 Barbara has dedicated her time to managing and organizing the Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence (NDS) pantry of emergency supplies. Our pantry of food and hygiene items is available to anyone who has escaped an unsafe living situation and needs essential items. Barbara's tenure of 20 years here at NDS spans much longer than most of the staff, so she is a pillar of how we can support those in crisis by providing the survivors with the most basic needs.

February 9, 2023

The Links, Incorporated logo: Linked in Friendship, Connected in Service

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Supporter Spotlight: The San Jose Chapter of the Links Incorporated

The Links Incorporated is an international, not-for-profit corporation established in 1946, committed to enriching, sustaining, and ensuring the culture and economic survival of African Americans and other persons of African ancestry. The San Jose Chapter of the Links Incorporated “Desserts for Charity” event has supported Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence since 1994.

January 25, 2023

Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence logo with an illustrated open door

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In Memoriam: Bea Robinson

In Memoriam: Bea Robinson Mendez, Founder | January 31, 1934 - January 13, 2023 Local Activist and Founder of Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence, Bea Robinson Mendez passed at the age of 88 on January 13, 2023.

January 15, 2023

Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence logo with an illustrated open door

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Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Training Coming to Community Health Organizations

This month (National Domestic Violence Awareness Month), Community Health Partnership, in collaboration with Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence, launched a training program for local community health centers and other community-based organizations to be able to identify and respond to intimate partner violence, commonly referred to as domestic violence.

October 30, 2022

Light Up City Hall flyer, October 7, 2022: a walk to end domestic violence. Meet at 4:30pm at the Circle of the Palms Plaza, 127 S Market St, San Jose, and convene at City Hall at 5:30pm for entertainment, food, and a resource fair

News

Light Up City Hall Walk 2022

On Oct 7, 2022, Next Door Solutions held the annual Light Up City Hall Wal, from Circle of the Palms Plaza in downtown San Jose to City Hall, where walkers and attendees were greeted with a resource fair. The evening included notable speakers, cultural performances, and food, and concluded with a candle-lighting ceremony and the lighting of the City Hall’s Tower and Rotunda in purple to honor lives lost from domestic violence.

October 19, 2022