Women Against Abusive Relationships
Donate to Support WAAR!
Thank you for your support!
Your support helps us stand together, united in our commitment to healing hope and empowerment. Women Against Abusive Relationships (WAAR) is an awareness, education, and prevention program. We teach participants how to identify the signs of abusive behavior and how a healthy relationship looks. We also offer empowerment activities through our Healing Space to help participants make informed choices necessary for healthy relationships and self-sufficiency after experiencing intimate partner violence.
Your donation supports:
- The ASK Program (After Shelter Kare)
- The Healing Space Live & Online Podcast
- Healing Through Art In-Person Workshops
- Resource Support: Shelter, Safety, Employment, Housing, etc.
WAAR'S MISSION
WAARs mission is to break the cycle of violence against women and girls and aid in their healing process.
WAAR'S STORY
Women Against Abusive Relationships (WAAR) has provided relationship workshops and conferences to teens and adults throughout Allegheny County in schools, community centers, and churches since 2001. In 2004 WAAR partnered with UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital, where the Healing Space was born. WAAR was on hiatus from 2016 to 2021 while the executive director, Roxanne Epperson, completed her educational journey in 2019. Her goal was to resume programming upon her retirement in November 2021. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she re-established WAAR in the spring of 2021 with a strictly online format until further notice.
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