Aug 26, 2019
Podcast 8: "Breaking The Silence and Finding Safety in Community" / Domestic Violence
Domestic violence does not discriminate, but one can get help. Dawn Sauma has sought to educate and inspire others to take action against violence drawing from her own family's experience. Today, she is a community leader, advocate, and activist, who has worked in social services for over two decades. Her expertise in mental health and crisis intervention has led her to serve as the Co-Executive Director and Clinical Director of the Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence. In this episode, she shares the complex challenges faced by many survivors and immigrant families, and the resources available along their journey to finding safety and hope.
BIO: Dawn Sauma, LICSW is the Co-Executive Director and Clinical Director of Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence (ATASK). She has worked at ATASK for over 8 years, overseeing all direct service programs, collaborating with stakeholders and community partners and authoring many government and foundation grants. She has worked in social services for over 25 years as a provider, educator, manager, and administrator within mental health, crisis intervention, judicial, academic, and non-profit systems.
The majority of her work has been with underserved Asian communities in various settings and service delivery systems in Hawaii and Massachusetts. As a bi-racial Japanese/Caucasian American, advocate/activist; her work blends personal and professional experience into a mission focused on social justice issues in Asian and other marginalized communities.
For more info on ATASK, visit www.atask.org/site/.