CAWS North Dakota Rebrands to North Dakota Domestic & Sexual Violence Coalition

Introducing the North Dakota Domestic & Sexual Violence Coalition (NDDSVC)

For the past year and a half, CAWS North Dakota has been working to rename and rebrand our organization, and I am proud to announce that as of October 16, 2024, we are now the North Dakota Domestic & Sexual Violence Coalition (NDDSVC)! Alongside our rebrand, we’ve completely updated and redesigned our coalition website. 

The transition to the NDDSVC name and brand is a significant step towards ensuring greater clarity, simplicity, and recognition for our coalition. With this change, we aim to spend less time explaining who we are and spend more time advocating for victims and survivors of domestic and sexual violence across North Dakota. Our new website is more engaging, user-friendly, and accessible, which will help us connect more people to vital information and resources. 

I have great confidence that these changes will advance our efforts toward a future where everyone is safe and lives free from the fear of violence. And please know that while our name has changed, our dedication to ending domestic and sexual violence in North Dakota remains the same. NDDSVC has the same goals, values, services, and staff that CAWS North Dakota did, just with a fresh new look.

As we move forward as the North Dakota Domestic & Sexual Violence Coalition, we’ve been reflecting on the coalition’s forty-six year legacy of combating domestic and sexual violence. We honor this rich history and know that we would not be where we are today without the contributions of the grassroots organizations and pioneering women that came before us and formed our coalition.

As we transition from one name and brand to another, you may see some lingering materials that say CAWS North Dakota on them. We are hard at work converting all of our accounts, documents, stationary, online information, and materials from CAWS North Dakota to our new brand, but this will take time. We appreciate your patience with us in this transition stage!

We encourage you to share this message and tell your community about our new name and website so that they know where to find information and resources from us.

You can support our new brand by calling us the North Dakota Domestic & Sexual Violence Coalition or NDDSVC, checking out our new website, and following us on social media. To help us end domestic and sexual violence in North Dakota, consider making a donation.

Special thanks to our rebrand committee and our consultants at ThompsonStenning for being the creative and thoughtful minds behind our new look. As always, I am also grateful for the work and support of our team, board, members, and allied partners. This exciting new chapter would not have been possible without you!

Together, let’s continue to work toward a violence-free North Dakota.

With gratitude,