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In this episode of Bend Don’t Break, Aaron Switzer sits down with Abby Rowland, Executive Director of Saving Grace, to discuss Domestic Violence Awareness Month and the vital services Saving Grace provides to survivors. Abby shares her journey, explaining what drew her to Saving Grace and her passion for working in direct services.

They explore the various forms of domestic violence and the shocking prevalence of it in the community. Abby’s insights highlight the importance of advocacy, support, and education in tackling domestic violence and ensuring that organizations like Saving Grace continue to serve as a lifeline for those in need.

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LISTEN: Bend Don’t Break with Abby Rowland 🎧

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October 9, 2024

<h1>LISTEN: Bend Don’t Break with Abby Rowland 🎧</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />October 9, 2024</p> <p>In this episode of <em>Bend Don't Break</em>, Aaron Switzer sits down with Abby Rowland, Executive Director of Saving Grace, to discuss Domestic Violence Awareness Month and the vital services Saving Grace provides to survivors. Abby shares her journey, explaining what drew her to Saving Grace and her passion for working in direct services. </p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/bend_don_t_break_digital_101024.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/bend_don_t_break_digital_101024.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-1805" /></a></figure> <p> They explore the various forms of domestic violence and the shocking prevalence of it in the community. Abby’s insights highlight the importance of advocacy, support, and education in tackling domestic violence and ensuring that organizations like Saving Grace continue to serve as a lifeline for those in need.</p> <p>LISTEN: </p> <div class="wp-block-group newspack-embed-container align"> <div style="font-size: 10px;color: #cccccc;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-779383396" title="Source Weekly - Bend, Oregon" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc;text-decoration: none">Source Weekly - Bend, Oregon</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-779383396/bend-dont-break-abby-rowland-executive-director-of-saving-grace" title="Bend Don&#x27;t Break: Abby Rowland, Executive Director of Saving Grace" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc;text-decoration: none">Bend Don&#x27;t Break: Abby Rowland, Executive Director of Saving Grace</a></div> </p></div> <p> WATCH:</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://www.youtube.com/embed/iM5s7vk5KCA </div> </figure> <p> </p> <div class="wp-block-group fdn-after-article-related"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Related Stories</h3> </p></div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/listen-bend-dont-break-with-abby-rowland-21957047/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cropped-fbookImage.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=1804&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/listen-bend-dont-break-with-abby-rowland-21957047/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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