Northwoods Coalition-Family

Emergency Shelter:
We provide temporary, safe shelter for victim/survivors of domestic violence and their children.

24 Hour Advocacy Services:
Advocates are on duty at the shelter 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They are only a phone call away and are prepared to provide information, individual safety planning, assistance, understanding, promotion of self empowerment, and community resource referrals.

An Advocate can assist individuals with:
Orders for Protection
Harassment Restraining Orders
Court Accompaniment
Referrals for Legal Services

Community Education and Outreach:
To arrange for an advocate to visit your classroom or organization, please call (218) 444-1395.

Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women (MCBW) Flag Campaign:
Every year in Minnesota more than twenty people are murdered as a result of domestic violence. Each death is a tragic loss for that woman’s family, her friends, co-workers and community. Each woman’s death is also a loss for each of us, an indication that domestic violence is still an integral part of our society. MCBW tracks and documents each murder and annually publishes a femicide report. The Live Violence Free flag campaign is a project to increase community awareness and to promote community involvement around domestic violence focusing on the femicide report.

Every time that there is domestic violence homicide, there is a short time of media attention and a community feeling of helplessness. The flag campaign is a way to give domestic violence homicides more meaning, to give individuals and community groups a way to take action. The core of the flag campaign is that each time there is a domestic violence homicide in Minnesota, individuals and organizations will display the flag for one week. Flags will be displayed across Minnesota at the same time to bring awareness of the domestic violence homicide and to start a local community conversation about ending domestic violence.