On Listening with Alli O'Malley

Alli O’Malley joins us from good old Rochester NY. She served as
CEO of RESOLVE of Greater Rochester (resolve-roc.org), a community
based domestic violence prevention organization from 2008-2019.
Alli is a survivor of inter-generational domestic violence, and is
a strong voice for reforming systems to better address not only the
needs of victims/survivors but also of perpetrators to ensure they
desist from further violence and coercion. In our interview she
suggests that preventing domestic violence involves promoting
agency for both victims and those who abused them; and together we
explore common challenges of the work, including the prevalence of
the issue, necessary changes in related language and terminology,
victim blaming, and gaps in community responses that focus on
punishment instead of remediation.