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ASHA FAMILY SERVICES, INC.
  • Home
  • SOS
    • Saving Our Sons
    • Saving Our Sisters
    • The SOS Project
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Our Team
    • The Collective
    • The Initiative
    • Support + Contact
  • Resources
  • Press
  • Contact Us
  • DONATE

Saving Ourselves

Saving ourselves. Saving our sisters. Saving our sons.

Prevention starts before violence happens.

Men are often viewed only as perpetrators. The reality is that men can also be survivors of violence, protective fathers, and individuals in crisis. There are limited services available for men to navigate domestic violence, intimate partner violence, community violence, housing instability, and trauma. Without intervention, crises escalate, leading to increased risk for families and the community.[

A Coordinated, Real-Time Response System

The SOS Project is a reproducible system. It is a prevention and intervention strategy that centers on community responsibility and ending violence.


The program engages men as:

  • Participants and leaders in change
  • Partners in safety


Focus areas include:

  • De-escalation
  • Accountability
  • Healing and transformation

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How the SOS Project Works

Survivor Response

Ujima Men's Program

Ujima Men's Program

  • Immediate Safety Planning
  • Crisis Intervention
  • Emotional Support
  • Connection to Services and Resources

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Ujima Men's Program

Ujima Men's Program

Ujima Men's Program

  • Culturally Responsive Intervention for Men
  • Victimization
  • Accountability
  • Domestic Services
  • Community Violence Intervention
  • Safety, Stabilization, and Behavior Change

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The Umoja Dock

Ujima Men's Program

The Umoja Dock

  • 24/7 - 72-hour Crisis Stabilization Environment
  • Engages Men at Critical Moments
  • Provides:
    • Immediate Safety Planning
    • Emotional De-Escelation
    • Connection to Services
  • Prevents:
    • Retaliatory Violence
    • Arrest/Incarceration
    • Homelessness

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Why This Model Matters

When support comes early, lives change. Families stay together. Survivors find safety. Men receive help before crisis escalates. Communities become stronger. 

Interrupts cycles of:

  • Harm
  • Trauma
  • Homelessness
  • System Involvement


Supports safer outcomes for:

  • Survivors
  • Children
  • Men
  • Families
  • Communities

SOS Project Resources

Project Overview

72 Souls Lost to Domestic Violence Poster

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Signs of Victimization

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Support the SOS Project

Help expand the Umoja Dock model

Strengthen community-based solutions to violence

Invest in prevention, not just response

Invest in prevention, not just response

Strengthen community-based solutions to violence

Invest in prevention, not just response

Strengthen community-based solutions to violence

Strengthen community-based solutions to violence

Strengthen community-based solutions to violence

Violence doesn't begin with a single moment—and neither does prevention.

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Asha Family Services, Inc.

3719 West Center Street Milwaukee, WI 53210

Phone: (414) 252-0075 Monday-Friday 9 am- 4 pm

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