gloria sajd oh val leads one of the largest in northern california, stand for families free of violence early east coast memory of dad is the n aook a knife to my mother. >> so many lives have been impacted by the darkness of domestic violence. thankfully here in the bay area a light of hope and recovery is provided by the organization stand for families free of violence. >> in contra costa county, more than 15,000 new clients every year. what we know domestic violence and child abuse are often very unreport. we know that the incidence is higher than what we see. >> i truly believe if we were able to address the issue of domestic violence we would solve 99% of our social ills. i believe it is true. >> for more than 15 years, gloria has served as the ceo of stand, her deep connection to this group and the issue of domestic violence begin years earlier. >> reason i do that work is because myself i am a survivor of domestic violence. it was actually anonymous phone calls to this agency that helped me to get out of the situation that i was in and to rebuild my life and that of my son. >> th

gloria sajd oh val leads one of the largest in northern california, stand for families free of violencey early east coast memory of dad is the night he took a knife to my mother. >> so many lives have been impacted by the darkness of domestic violence. thankfully here in the bay area a light of hope and recovery is provided by the organization stand for families free of violence. >> in contra costa county, more than 15,000 new clients every year. what we know domestic violence and child abuse are often very unreport. we know that the incidence is higher than what we see. >> i truly believe if we were able to address the issue of domestic violence we would solve 99% of our social ills. i believe it is true. >> for more than 15 years, gloria has served as the ceo of stand, her deep connection to this group and the issue of domestic violence begin years earlier. >> reason i do that work is because myself i am a survivor of domestic violence. it was actually anonymous phone calls to this agency that helped me to get out of the situation that i was in and to rebuild my life and that of my so