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For forty years, survivors have found us during some of the most challenging times in their lives, and what they found was a name that told them what we stood against. Today, we're proud to carry a name that communicates what we bring.
We are In Safe Company.
In Safe Company is a promise. No judgment. No second-guessing. You are welcome here. And you are not alone.
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Our mission is to create a society in which domestic violence and sexual assault no longer exist. We strive to meet the immediate and long-term needs of the diverse community of survivors and their children with programs that promote safety, compassion, connection, advocacy, and prevention.
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In June of 1985, Gwendolyn Ann Turnbough was working with the DeKalb County District Attorney to protect herself from an abusive ex-husband. Upon his release from jail, her former husband found and fatally shot her in front of their eleven-year-old son. This tragic event was a turning point for DeKalb County, prompting Commissioner Sherry Schulman to establish the DeKalb County Domestic Violence Task Force that same month.
The Task Force’s investigation uncovered a dire need for resources, system-wide improvements, and community education on domestic violence. In response, the county granted $10,000 to establish a victim service agency, and the Women’s Resource Center to End Domestic Violence was born.
In 1986, the Women’s Resource Center to End Domestic Violence (WRCDV) began providing services through support groups and a crisis hotline. The following year we expanded to open our first safe house. Over the ensuing decades, the agency has grown into a lifeline for thousands, assisting women, children, and other survivors across multiple locations.
Gwendolyn’s daughter Natasha Trethewey, who later became a Pulitzer Prize winner and U.S. Poet Laureate, has written extensively about her mother’s life, ensuring Gwendolyn’s beauty and strength are not forgotten.
Around the same time, another critical gap in services was being addressed. In the late 1980s, a task force appointed by the Decatur Cooperative Ministry analyzed data from Grady Hospital, revealing that more than 1,200 sexual assault survivors were being treated there annually. Twenty percent of those survivors were DeKalb County residents. The task force recommended the establishment of a local resource dedicated to serving individuals who had experienced a sexual assault.
The DeKalb Rape Crisis Center (DRCC) was founded in 1989 with the support of the Junior League of DeKalb County, launching a 24-hour crisis and referral hotline. In 1990, the organization expanded to include weekly support groups and, by 1992, became an independent nonprofit. In 2014, DRCC rebranded as Day League, reinforcing its position as a bright and essential source of care and prevention for survivors in the Atlanta metro area. Day League continued to break new ground in victim services, launching DeKalb County’s first victim-centered Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program in 2017.
In 2025, WRCDV brought Day League under our umbrella, uniting decades of advocacy, expertise, and survivor-centered services. And now, after forty years of serving survivors across Atlanta, Women's Resource Center to End Domestic Violence has become In Safe Company.
It is our name. But it is also our promise.
To every survivor who has ever walked through our doors and to every person who will find us in a moment of fear, not knowing what you need but knowing you need something,
You are In Safe Company.
To every donor, every advocate, every board member, every staff member, and every volunteer who has given our mission your time, your treasure, and your heart,
You are In Safe Company.
And to everyone who came through our doors before we had the words for it, who found safety with us, who healed with us, who rebuilt with us,
You were always In Safe Company.
This is who we are. This is who we have always been. And this is the name we will carry into the next forty years.
