Stephen Montagna, Director of Community Engagement and Prevention Education

Stephen comes to us via Madison, Wisconsin. He has spent much of the past thirty years working on college campuses and with communities facilitating social justice and violence-prevention conversations. This experience includes twenty years volunteering with Men Stopping Rape, Inc., one of the nation’s first men’s anti-violence organizations, as well as professional experience working for the Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault (WCASA), the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV), and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

VISION

We envision a world in which everyone can be themselves,
have healthy relationships, and live free of
interpersonal, relationship violence. 

MISSION

We create social change to end interpersonal, relationship violence by challenging attitudes and beliefs about power, control, and gender norms and by advocating for victims and survivors. 

HELP IS AVAILABLE:
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OR EMERGENCY SHELTER, CALL OUR
24 HOUR HOTLINE (860) 364-1900

The WSS Office is staffed Monday through Friday between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm.
Please call (860) 364-1080 to speak with someone in the office.