Erin Miller

As the inaugural Chief Transformation Officer at the Center for Safety & Change, Erin works with survivors, community members, activists, and researchers to craft primary and secondary prevention responses to violence, abuse, and trauma, including but not limited to interpersonal violence and abuse, institutional betrayal, and structural oppression. While she oversees a skilled and experienced community health wing, including sexual assault nurse examiner services, Erin's initial focus since joining the Center has been building internal and external capacity to prevent abuse and oppression, with a focus on racial and gender justice. 

Established in 1979, the Center for Safety & Change, Inc. (“the Center”) is the sole provider of services to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking in Rockland County, NY. Serving one of the most diverse and densely-populated counties in the state, the Center operates the county's domestic violence shelter, and offers sexual assault forensic examiner services, children's exposure to violence programming, robust counseling and advocacy services, a thriving multi-service legal program with a focus on immigration remedies for survivors of violence and abuse, a large primary prevention a wing, and serves as the hub of racial justice education and organizing in the county. Employing approximately 100 staff, and benefitting from the time, energy, and efforts of approximately 400 paraprofessional volunteers, including attorneys, therapists, and rape crisis counselors, the Center offers gender-inclusive service in multiple languages to a host of different communities. Culturally dexterous staff serve as outreach coordinators to disproportionately impacted communities, including Orthodox Jewish communities, Black communities, Latine communities, API communities, and LGBTQ communities, amongst others.